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Tortoise shell rings
Object Number 99-12-70/53280
Display Title Tortoise shell rings
Descriptions
Inventory Description Bracelet, rounded, flat rings of tortoise shell
Classification
  • Bracelet
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1899
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Federated States of Micronesia
Additional Geographic Terms Caroline Islands
Materials Tortoiseshell
Dimensions Overall: 9.8 x 9.7 x 0.2 cm (3 7/8 x 3 13/16 x 1/16 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 53280
Credit Line Gift of the Heirs of David Kimball, 1899
Provenance
Provenance Boston Museum
Donor David P. Kimball
Donor L. Cushing Kimball
Donor Augusta K. Horton

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