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Object Number
32-68-70/D3988
Display Title
Pearl shell cover and shell string
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Pendant, shell disk, oval, perforated, incised linear designs
Classification
- Pendant
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Australia
/
Western Australia
Oceania / Australia / Western Australia / Kimberley / Wallal
Oceania / Australia / Western Australia / Kimberley / Wallal
Materials
Shell
Dimensions
Overall: 10.6 x 15.4 x 0.3 cm (4 3/16 x 6 1/16 x 1/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
D3988
Provenance
Collector
Penn Museum
(1912)
Seller
University of Pennsylvania
(4/11/1932-5/9/1932)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32-68-70/D3987 | Pearl shell cover and shell string |
Pendant
|
Roebourne
| |
| 32-68-70/D3989 | Pearl shell cover and leather thong |
Pendant
|
Derby
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/D3985 | Broken shell cover |
Pendant
|
Lawlers
| |
| 46-78-70/2350 | Crescent shaped gorget cut from pearl oyster shell with incised designs |
Pendant
|
Torres Strait Islands
| |
|
Media Restricted
| 32-68-70/D4003 | Hair belt and part of shell cover and 1 bull roarer |
Pendant
Shaft, modified |
Western Australia
Wyndham | |
|
Media Restricted
| 25-46-70/D2413 | Hair belt, shell pendant and fur string |
Shaft, modified
Pendant |
Sunday Island
Western Australia | |
|
Media Restricted
| 32-68-70/D3986 | Shell cover and shell belt |
Pendant
Shaft, modified |
Western Australia
Kimberley | |
| 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
| |
| 51-32-70/3310 | Pearl shell pendant with string |
Ornament
|
Normanton
| |
|
Media Restricted
| 25-46-70/D2412 | Hair belt, shell pendant and fur tassel |
Pendant
Shaft, modified |
Sunday Island
Western Australia |