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Object Number
38-44-10/12818
Display Title
Dentalia shell necklace with shell and breast ornament
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Necklace, dentalium shells separated by leather and brass, 1 conch disk center
Classification
- Necklace
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Sioux?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
Additional Geographic Terms
Plains
Dimensions
Overall: 31.5 x 5.5 x 1.1 cm (12 3/8 x 2 3/16 x 7/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
38-44-10/12818
Provenance
Collector
Dr. Theodore Jewett Eastman
(01/01/1888-01/01/1916)
Donor
Mrs. Henry H. Richardson
(05/02/1938)
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