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Object Number
2000.30.8.1
Display Title
Tortoiseshell container
Descriptions
Object Description
Tortoiseshell container; 1 of 2 with 2000.30.8.2
Inventory Description
Box, tortoise shell, cloth lined, leather fringe withshell beads
Classification
- Box
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- San
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Botswana
Additional Geographic Terms
Kalahari Desert; Africa, Southern
Dimensions
Overall: 9.9 x 6.5 x 5 cm (3 7/8 x 2 9/16 x 1 15/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
2000.30.8.1
Credit Line
Gift of DeVore family
Provenance
Collector
Irven DeVore
(1964 - 12/19/00)
Donor
Irven DeVore
(1964 - 12/19/00)
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PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
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| 2000.30.8.2 | Tortoiseshell container |
Box
|
Botswana
| |
| 2000.30.20 | Tortoiseshell compact |
Accessory
|
Botswana
| |
| 2012.2.2 | Tortoiseshell pouch with 9 drilled holes; 8 pendant strings of ostrich eggshell beads and glass bead, one string missing; hide strap; holds organic material; textile fragment stuffed into opening |
Pouch
|
Botswana
| |
| 00-8-70/55737 | Tortoiseshell pendant |
Pendant
|
Truk Island
| |
| 2005.6.20 | Fan with tortoiseshell section |
Fan
|
Oceania
| |
| 2005.6.19 | Fan with tortoiseshell section |
Fan
|
Oceania
| |
| 56-57-50/9863 | Modesty Apron worn by girl - made from ostrich egg shells |
Accessory
|
Africa
| |
| 58-43-50/10345 | Leather thong "sporran" from which hangs bead trimmed tortoise shell cosmetic po |
Accessory
|
Botswana
Namibia | |
| 2012.13.12 | Tortoiseshell hair comb |
Hair ornament
|
Burma
| |
| 2012.13.9.1 | Tortoiseshell hairpin |
Hair ornament
|
Burma
| |
| 2012.13.11 | Tortoiseshell comb |
Comb
|
Burma
| |
| 2012.13.9.3 | Tortoiseshell hairpin |
Hair ornament
|
Burma
|