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Man with tortoise shell ear ornaments
Man with tortoise shell ear ornaments
Object Number 2004.24.2644
Display Title Man with tortoise shell ear ornaments
Descriptions
Object Description Man with tortoise shell ear ornaments
Subject
  • Rural
  • Man
  • Expedition
Department Photographic
Culture
  • Melanesia
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Solomon islands
Materials Negative, glass plate

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PrimaryMedia Object Number Title Classification Geography/Provenience SHARE
Ear ornaments of shell beads and tortoise shell
99-12-70/53638 Ear ornaments of shell beads and tortoise shell
Earring
Federated States of Micronesia
Ear ornaments of tortoise shell
96-25-70/49411 Ear ornaments of tortoise shell
Ornament
Papua New Guinea
Close-up of tortoise shell ornaments and apron decorated with hanging ornaments worn by !Ghia (second wife of "Old ≠Gao" from Band 10)
2001.29.23297 Close-up of tortoise shell ornaments and apron decorated with hanging ornaments worn by !Ghia (second wife of "Old ≠Gao" from Band 10)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Close-up of tortoise shell ornaments and apron decorated with hanging ornaments worn by !Ghia (second wife of "Old ≠Gao" from Band 10) (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.29075 Close-up of tortoise shell ornaments and apron decorated with hanging ornaments worn by !Ghia (second wife of "Old ≠Gao" from Band 10) (print is a cropped image)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Close-up of woman's chest showing tortoise shell and bead ornaments
2001.29.22572 Close-up of woman's chest showing tortoise shell and bead ornaments
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
incised shell ear disk ornaments pair
2004.24.31839 incised shell ear disk ornaments pair
Holmul
Close-up of woman's chest showing tortoise shell and bead ornaments
2001.29.28559 Close-up of woman's chest showing tortoise shell and bead ornaments
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Shell ear ornaments
08-36-70/74345 Shell ear ornaments
Earring
Eastern Lepanto
Northern Nueva Vizcaya
Man's ear ornaments
19-43-70/D1291 Man's ear ornaments
Ornament
Borneo
Borneo
6 pair ear ornaments, shell
10-58-30/82757 6 pair ear ornaments, shell
Raw Material
Earring
Guyana
British Guiana
Shell ear ornaments
23-7-10/A5637 Shell ear ornaments
Ornament
Poncho House
Ear ornaments from altar of mound 3
2004.24.1648 Ear ornaments from altar of mound 3
Turner Group; Ohio State Site # 33HA 26