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Object Number
27-5-70/D2929
Display Title
Necklace, shells
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
Lei
Object Description
Cone-shaped variously colored shells. Holes drilled below shell aperture lips and threaded with shell apius(?) pointed outward
Inventory Description
Necklace, single circular strand, multiple small conical shells, beige, brown, green shells, shells perforated, strung on yellow thread
Classification
- Necklace
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Hawaiian
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
United States
/
Hawaii
Materials
Shell , Thread
Dimensions
Overall: 59.8 × 5.2 × 2.1 cm (23 9/16 × 2 1/16 × 13/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
D2929
Provenance
Collector
Mrs. Edward Tenney
Donor
Mr. Edward Tenney
(1927)
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