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Object Number
27-5-70/D2931
Display Title
Necklace, shells
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
Lei
Object Description
Necklace of thickly clustered small pointed (conus?) shells, white, brown stripes or bands
Inventory Description
Necklace, tiny outward pointing shells, white with brown bands in clusters of 3
Classification
- Necklace
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Hawaiian
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
United States
/
Hawaii
Materials
Shell
Dimensions
Overall: 28.8 x 1.4 x 1.4 cm (11 5/16 x 9/16 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
D/ 2931
Provenance
Collector
Mrs. Edward Tenney
Donor
Mr. Edward Tenney
(1927)
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PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
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| 27-5-70/D2929 | Necklace, shells |
Necklace
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Hawaii
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Necklace
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Oceania
| |
| 86-14-70/47746 | Necklace, shells on cotton thread |
Necklace
|
Niihau Island
| |
| 48-56-70/3189 | Necklaces of small yellow shells |
Necklace
|
Oceania
| |
| 48-56-70/3183 | Strings of seeds -Job's tears - and shells |
Necklace
|
Oceania
| |
| 48-56-70/3185 | Necklace of red sandalwood seeds and small yellow shells |
Necklace
|
Oceania
| |
| 48-56-70/3186 | Necklace of red sandalwood seeds and small yellow shells |
Necklace
|
Oceania
| |
| 48-56-70/3187 | Necklace of red sandalwood seeds and small yellow shells - broken |
Necklace
|
Oceania
| |
| 48-56-70/3188 | Necklace of small yellow shells and few seeds of red sandalwood |
Necklace
|
Oceania
| |
| 38-17-70/886 | Shell and seed necklace |
Necklace
|
Bora Bora
| |
| 72-20-70/6866 | Necklace made of shells |
Necklace
|
Gilbert Islands
| |
| 99-12-70/53770 | Necklace of shells |
Necklace
|
Oceania
|