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Shell ornament
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Object Number 94-57-10/R1687
Display Title Shell ornament
Descriptions
Inventory Description Ornament, small carved shell, flat, ring shaped with extension
Classification
  • Ornament
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Chumash
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / California
Additional Geographic Terms southern
Dimensions Overall: 4.2 x 2.5 cm (1 5/8 x 1 in.)
Quantity 4
Provenance
Collector Frederick H. Rindge (1894)
Donor Frederick H. Rindge (1894)

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