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Object Number
03-33-30/62638
Display Title
Shell breast ornaments
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Shell necklaces, blue, pink, red, white glass beads on fiber cord.
Classification
- Raw Material
- Necklace
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Angayte
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America
/
Paraguay
Additional Geographic Terms
San Salvador and Rio Galvan, between
Materials
Glass, Shell, Fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 50 x 9.5 x 0.7 cm (19 11/16 x 3 3/4 x 1/4 in.)
Quantity
2
Label on object
62638
Provenance
Collector
Dr. Emil Hassler
(1892)
Exchange participant
Field Columbian Expedition
(1903)
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