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Object Number
2018.8.5
Display Title
Shell money necklace
Descriptions
Object Description
Shell money necklace; red romu (Chama pacifica) beads on plant fiber cord
Inventory Description
Necklace, shell beads, reddish in color, strung on fiber
Classification
- Necklace
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Solomon
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Solomon islands
Additional Geographic Terms
Malaita
Materials
Shell , Plant fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 65 × 0.5 × 0.5 cm (25 9/16 × 3/16 × 3/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
2018.8.5
Credit Line
Gift of Prof. Melvin E. Clouse, MD, a member of the Anthropological and Medical Expedition to the Solomon Islands, 1968
Provenance
Collector
Prof. Melvin E. Clouse, MD
(1968)
Donor
Donated by
Prof. Melvin E. Clouse, MD
(5/22/2018)
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