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Object Number
00-8-70/55745.2
Display Title
Ear ornament
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Ear ornament, one belonging to a pair, five flat, white shells, discoidal, connected with incised coconut shell rings, red, white, and blue glass beads strung around largest shell, metal fasteners
Classification
- Ornament
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Federated States of Micronesia
/
<State>
/
Hogolu Island
Oceania / Federated States of Micronesia / <State> / Truk Island
Oceania / Federated States of Micronesia / <State> / Caroline Islands
Oceania / Federated States of Micronesia / <State> / Truk Island
Oceania / Federated States of Micronesia / <State> / Caroline Islands
Dimensions
Overall: 21.5 × 4.5 × 2.4 cm (8 7/16 × 1 3/4 × 15/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
55745.2
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00-8-70/55746 | Ear ornament |
Ornament
|
Caroline Islands
Hogolu Island Truk Island | |
| 00-8-70/55745.1 | Ear ornament |
Ornament
|
Caroline Islands
Truk Island Hogolu Island | |
| 00-8-70/55733 | Ear ornament of vegetable rings |
Earring
|
Truk Island
| |
| 00-8-70/55732 | Ear ornament of vegetable rings |
Earring
|
Truk Island
| |
| 19-43-70/D1291 | Man's ear ornaments |
Ornament
|
Borneo
Borneo | |
| 12-33-30/84160 | Pair of ear ornaments |
Ornament
Raw Material |
British Guiana
Guyana | |
| 09-8-10/75082 | Pair of ear ornaments |
Jewelry
|
Montana
| |
| 00-8-70/55749 | Necklace |
Necklace
|
Caroline Islands
Hogolu Island Truk Island | |
| 55-1-70/3698 | Pair of Men's mother-of-pearl ear ornaments (tatanyon); lunate-shape + |
Ornament
|
Take-tonpo Village
| |
| 10-58-30/82757 | 6 pair ear ornaments, shell |
Raw Material
Earring |
Guyana
British Guiana | |
| 55-1-70/3699 | Pair of Men's mother-of-pearl ear ornaments (tatanyon); lunate-shape + |
Ornament
|
Take-tonpo Village
| |
| 08-8-10/73016 | Ear ornaments |
Ornament
|
Alaska
|