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Object Number
32-68-70/D3989
Display Title
Pearl shell cover and leather thong
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Pendant, oval shell disk, perforated, incised linear designs, leather tie
Classification
- Pendant
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Australia
/
Western Australia
Oceania / Australia / Western Australia / Kimberley / Derby
Oceania / Australia / Western Australia / Kimberley / Derby
Additional Geographic Terms
Kimberley, east
Materials
Shell, Leather
Dimensions
Overall: 8.2 x 8.7 x 0.4 cm (3 1/4 x 3 7/16 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
D3989
Provenance
Collector
Penn Museum
(1927)
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/D3988 | Pearl shell cover and shell string |
Pendant
|
Wallal
Western Australia | |
| 32-68-70/D3987 | Pearl shell cover and shell string |
Pendant
|
Roebourne
| |
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 | |
| 2002.1.1811 | Bone or ivory pendant with leather thong attached |
Pendant
|
Alaska
| |
| 94-57-10/R216 | Carved canine teeth of bear; attached to leather thong |
Pendant
|
North America
| |
| 38-44-10/12873 | Maiden's charm. Stone faintly carved, hung on a piece of leather thong. |
Pendant
|
Skagway
| |
Media Restricted
| 32-68-70/D3986 | Shell cover and shell belt |
Pendant
Shaft, modified |
Western Australia
Kimberley | |
Media Restricted
| 25-46-70/D2412 | Hair belt, shell pendant and fur tassel |
Pendant
Shaft, modified |
Sunday Island
Western Australia | |
Media Restricted
| 23-46-70/D1742.2 | Human hair belt with shell pendant (birra birra) worn in front |
Shaft, modified
Pendant |
Western Australia
Kimberley |