Name/Title
Fanning Island Hair OrnamentEntry/Object ID
2024.605.3Description
Woven shell hair ornament made in Tabuaeran 2006. Tabuaeran is an island in the central Pacific, also known as Fanning Island. Captain Edmund Fanning of Stonington was the first European to spot the island from his ship Betsy on June 11, 1798, and it was named for him.