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Object Number
99-12-70/64544
Display Title
Wrist ornament
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
Kupe'e palaoa
Inventory Description
Ornament, ivory, oval disk, flat base, rounded smooth body, two connecting perforations in base
Classification
- Ornament
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Hawaiian
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
United States
/
Hawaii
Materials
Ivory , Whale tooth
Dimensions
Overall: 3.7 × 3.1 × 1.2 cm (1 7/16 × 1 1/4 × 1/2 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
64544
Credit Line
Gift of the Heirs of David Kimball, 1899
Provenance
Provenance
Boston Museum
Donor
David P. Kimball
Donor
Augusta K. Horton
Donor
L. Cushing Kimball
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| |
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| |
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| |
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| |
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