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Object Number
970-3-70/4740
Display Title
String of cocoanut shell and sea shells
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Necklace, discoidal alternating beads of shell and coconut strung on fiber cord
Classification
- Necklace
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Hawaiian
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
United States
/
Hawaii
/
Maui County
/
Molokai Island
Dimensions
Overall: 40 x 0.7 x 0.7 cm (15 3/4 x 1/4 x 1/4 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
970-3-70/4740
Provenance
Collector
Bradley H. Phillips
(1896-1900)
Donor
Prof. Philip Phillips
(March 9, 1970)
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