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Fragment of string of shell money
Fragment of string of shell money
Object Number 48-56-70/3117
Display Title Fragment of string of shell money
Descriptions
Inventory Description Beads, discoidal, shell, wood? strung on plant fiber
Classification
  • Bead
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
Additional Geographic Terms Melanesia
Materials Shell, Wood?, Plant fiber
Dimensions Overall: 14.8 x 0.7 x 0.7 cm (5 13/16 x 1/4 x 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 48-56-70/3117
Provenance
Collector Dr. Harry Clark (1917 - 1948)

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