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Object Number 96-25-70/49398.1
Display Title Necklaces
Descriptions
Object Description Necklaces
Inventory Description Necklaces, shell discs sewn to twisted fiber base, perforated oval shell pendant
Classification
  • Necklace
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Papua New Guinea / <State> / <County> / <City> / Cape Nelson
Dimensions Overall: 52 x 15.4 x 5.2 cm (20 1/2 x 6 1/16 x 2 1/16 in.)
Quantity 5
Label on object 49398; 95-45; L52/2/70 / ME
Provenance
Collector Alexander Agassiz (1896 - 1896)

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Necklaces
96-25-70/49398 Necklaces
Necklace
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Necklace
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Necklace
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Necklace
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Necklace
Marakei Island
Shell necklaces
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Necklace
Gilbert Islands
Necklace
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Necklace
Papua New Guinea
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Necklace
Nauru Island
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Necklace
Oceania
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