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Object Number
2018.8.8
Display Title
Broken string of white shell money beads
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Necklace, string of white shell beads, broken, loose shells
Classification
- Necklace
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1968 or earlier
Culture
- Solomon
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Solomon islands
Additional Geographic Terms
Malaita
Materials
Shell , Plant fiber
Dimensions
Other: 16 × 0.6 × 0.6 cm (6 5/16 × 1/4 × 1/4 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
2018.8.8
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
(3/29/18)
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