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Object Number
32-68-70/D3987
Display Title
Pearl shell cover and shell string
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Pendant, oval shell disk, perforated, string of shell tubular beads
Classification
- Pendant
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Australia
/
Western Australia
/
Kimberley
/
Roebourne
Materials
Shell, Plant fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 14.5 x 20.3 x 0.5 cm (5 11/16 x 8 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
D3987
Provenance
Collector
Penn Museum
(1911)
Seller
Penn Museum
(4/11/1932-5/9/1932)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32-68-70/D3988 | Pearl shell cover and shell string |
Pendant
|
Wallal
Western Australia | |
| 32-68-70/D3982 | Shell disk pendant with two perforations on tubular bead string |
Pendant
|
Western Australia
| |
| 32-68-70/D3981 | Shell disk pendant with two perforations on tubular bead fiber string. |
Pendant
|
Western Australia
| |
|
Media Restricted
| 32-68-70/D3995 | Pearl shell on hair-string girdle |
Pendant
Shaft, modified |
Forrest River Mission
Western Australia | |
| 32-68-70/D3989 | Pearl shell cover and leather thong |
Pendant
|
Derby
Western Australia | |
| 985-27-10/59104 | 4 Navajo pendants. Strings of turquoise and shell beads. 3 of the pendants also |
Pendant
|
Arizona
| |
|
Media Restricted
| 32-68-70/D3986 | Shell cover and shell belt |
Pendant
Shaft, modified |
Western Australia
Kimberley | |
|
Media Restricted
| 25-46-70/D2413 | Hair belt, shell pendant and fur string |
Shaft, modified
Pendant |
Sunday Island
Western Australia | |
| 51-32-70/3310 | Pearl shell pendant with string |
Ornament
|
Normanton
| |
| 85-7-70/37702 | Disks of shell and wood on string |
Bead
|
Gilbert Islands
| |
| 99-12-70/53625 | Shell frontlet and univalve shell joined by string of shell and coconut beads |
Ornament
|
Solomon Islands?
| |
| 32-68-70/D3985 | Broken shell cover |
Pendant
|
Lawlers
|