FMNH 107977.nosub[1]

  • 107977 shell ornament
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    Description: Hat band of small shells strung to form a pattern.
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    Scanner: Allison Coates : Field Museum of Natural History - Anthropology
    Transcriber: Julia W. Kennedy : Field Museum of Natural History - Anthropology Collections
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    Description: scan of catalog card [FRONT] [MAIN BODY] Field Museum of Natural History. | 51-26 | Country Hawaiian Islands [crossed out] Tahiti | People or Culture: Polynesian | Description: Necklace of small shells. Shells have been strung on thread and wrapped around a core. Brown and white shells have been strung to form a pattern. See over | Dimensions: (in cm.) Diam. 25 cm | Collections: presented by Miss Marcia Capps 2/4/47. | Index Guides 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. [LEFT MARGIN] A | 107977 | ENT | Location: Hall Case Room PR5 | Neg. No. | Acc. 2387 [BACK] [ILLUSTRATION] Side | End | Shells identified as cyclomorpha flava Broderip
Catalog Number: 107977.nosub[1]
Description: ornament
Materials: shell; snail shell, thread
Cultural Attribution: Tahitian
Accession Number: [2387] M. Capps (Gift)
Accession Year:
Collector/Source: Marcia Capps
EMu IRN: 1008105
GUID: 910644bf-821d-4229-b602-d036817789c7

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