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Object Number
32-68-70/D3991
Display Title
Pearl shell blade
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Ornament, carved shell, oval, flat
Classification
- Ornament
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Australia
/
Western Australia
/
Pilbara
/
Port Hedland
Materials
Shell
Dimensions
Overall: 12 x 2.8 x 0.4 cm (4 3/4 x 1 1/8 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
D3991; 790
Provenance
Collector
Penn Museum
(1914)
Seller
Penn Museum
(4/11/1932-5/9/1932)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32-68-70/D3994 | Pearl shell blade |
Ornament
|
Western Australia
Kimberley | |
| 32-68-70/D3993 | Pearl shell blade |
Ornament
|
Western Australia
Kimberley | |
| 32-68-70/D3990 | Pearl shell blade |
Ornament
|
Kimberley
Western Australia | |
| 32-68-70/D3992 | Pearl shell blade |
Ornament
|
Western Australia
Kimberley | |
| 32-68-70/D4089 | Pearl shell blade |
Ornament
|
Wiluna
| |
| 32-68-70/D3997 | Plaine pearl shell |
Ornament
|
Western Australia
Kimberley | |
| 30-36-50/B4865 | Hinge of mother-of-pearl |
Ornament
|
Liberia
| |
| 99-12-70/53778 | Wooden head or neck ornament inlaid with discs of mother-of-pearl |
Ornament
|
French Polynesia
| |
|
Media Restricted
| 25-46-70/D2411 | Hair belt and 2 pearl shell pendants |
Shaft, modified
Belt |
Sunday Island
Western Australia | |
|
Media Restricted
| 32-68-70/D3995 | Pearl shell on hair-string girdle |
Pendant
Shaft, modified |
Forrest River Mission
Western Australia | |
| 55-1-70/3701 | Single ear ornament of mother-of-pearl for men (tatanyon); lunate- + |
Ornament
|
Take-tonpo Village
| |
| 55-1-70/3702 | Single ear ornament of mother-of-pearl for men (tatanyon); lunate- + |
Ornament
|
Take-tonpo Village
|