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Object Number 12-29-10/84312
Display Title Shell 'charm'
Descriptions
Inventory Description Shell pendant, white, teardrop shaped, 3 perforations, hide loop
Classification
  • Pendant
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Taos
  • Pueblo?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / New Mexico
Materials Shell, Hide
Dimensions Overall: 15.6 x 10.5 x 1.6 cm (6 1/8 x 4 1/8 x 5/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 84312/ B.L.K.
Provenance
Collector Grace A. Nicholson (1912 - 1912)
Donor Mr. Lewis Hobart Farlow (1912 - 1912)

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