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Object Number 38-44-70/915
Display Title String of black and white, 5' long. White are seashell, black are cocoanut shell
Descriptions
Object Description String of black and white, 5' long. White are seashell, black are cocoanut shell.
Inventory Description Necklace, strand of plant fiber, white shell and coconut shell discoidal beads
Classification
  • Necklace
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Kiribati / Gilbert Islands
Dimensions Overall: 154 x 0.7 x 0.7 cm (60 5/8 x 1/4 x 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Henry H. Richardson in memory of Theodore Jewett Eastman, Class of 1901, A.B. 1901, M.D. 1905, 1938

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