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Media Restricted
Object Number
32-68-70/D3986
Display Title
Shell cover and shell belt
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Pendant, shell disk, brown, brown linear, dot design, string of small shell, hai
Classification
- Pendant
- Shaft, modified
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Australia
/
Western Australia
Oceania / Australia / Western Australia / Kimberley
Oceania / Australia / Western Australia / Kimberley
Additional Geographic Terms
Port George IV
Materials
Shell, Plant fiber, Hair
Dimensions
Overall: 127 x 9.4 x 0.5 cm (50 x 3 11/16 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
D3986; 314
Credit Line
Museum Purchase, Museum Improvements Fund, 1932
Provenance
Owner
Penn Museum
(1896-1931)
Collector
Pat Ges IV
(1906)
Seller
University of Pennsylvania
(4/11/1932-5/9/1932)
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Shaft, modified
Pendant |
Western Australia
Wyndham | |
|
Media Restricted
| 25-46-70/D2413 | Hair belt, shell pendant and fur string |
Pendant
Shaft, modified |
Sunday Island
Western Australia | |
|
Media Restricted
| 25-46-70/D2412 | Hair belt, shell pendant and fur tassel |
Pendant
Shaft, modified |
Sunday Island
Western Australia | |
| 32-68-70/D3987 | Pearl shell cover and shell string |
Pendant
|
Roebourne
| |
|
Media Restricted
| 23-46-70/D1742.2 | Human hair belt with shell pendant (birra birra) worn in front |
Shaft, modified
Pendant |
Western Australia
Kimberley | |
|
Media Restricted
| 23-46-70/D1742.3 | Human hair belt with shell pendant (birra birra) worn in front |
Pendant
Shaft, modified |
Western Australia
Kimberley | |
|
Media Restricted
| 23-46-70/D1742.1 | Human hair belt with shell pendant (birra birra) worn in front |
Pendant
Shaft, modified |
Western Australia
Kimberley | |
| 32-68-70/D3988 | Pearl shell cover and shell string |
Pendant
|
Western Australia
Wallal | |
| 32-68-70/D3989 | Pearl shell cover and leather thong |
Pendant
|
Western Australia
Derby | |
| 32-68-70/D3985 | Broken shell cover |
Pendant
|
Lawlers
| |
|
Media Restricted
| 32-68-70/D3995 | Pearl shell on hair-string girdle |
Pendant
Shaft, modified |
Western Australia
Forrest River Mission | |
|
Media Restricted
| 25-46-70/D2411 | Hair belt and 2 pearl shell pendants |
Belt
Shaft, modified |
Western Australia
Sunday Island |