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Object Number
32-68-70/D4089
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
/
Mid West
/
Wiluna
Additional Geographic Terms
Native Camp
Materials
Shell
Dimensions
Overall: 12.7 x 2.8 x 0.3 cm (5 x 1 1/8 x 1/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
D4089; 145
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/D3992 | Pearl shell blade |
Ornament
|
Western Australia
Kimberley | |
| 32-68-70/D3991 | Pearl shell blade |
Ornament
|
Port Hedland
| |
| 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/D3997 | Plaine pearl shell |
Ornament
|
Western Australia
Kimberley | |
| 30-36-50/B4865 | Hinge of mother-of-pearl |
Ornament
|
Liberia
| |
| 32-68-70/D3979 | Pearl shell spoon |
Spoon
|
Whim Creek
Western Australia | |
| 99-12-70/53778 | Wooden head or neck ornament inlaid with discs of mother-of-pearl |
Ornament
|
French Polynesia
| |
| 32-68-70/D3987 | Pearl shell cover and shell string |
Pendant
|
Roebourne
| |
| 32-68-70/D3988 | Pearl shell cover and shell string |
Pendant
|
Wallal
Western Australia | |
| 50-58-70/3219 | Valve of pearl oyster with scalloped edge to scoop cocoanut meat from + |
Tools
|
Papua New Guinea
|