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Object Number 09-5-30/75361
Display Title Shell necklace
Descriptions
Inventory Description Necklace, blue irridescent snail shells, woven into vegetable fiber cord
Classification
  • Necklace
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Yahgan
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Chile / Magallanes / Tierra del Fuego
Additional Geographic Terms Terra del Fuego
Dimensions Overall: 68.7 x 1.1 x 0.9 cm (27 1/16 x 7/16 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 75361

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