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Pearl shell pendant with string
Pearl shell pendant with string
Object Number 51-32-70/3310
Display Title Pearl shell pendant with string
Descriptions
Inventory Description Organic, shell, disk, perforated, twisted fiber cord attached
Classification
  • Ornament
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Australia / Queensland / North West Queensland / Normanton
Materials Shell Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 10.8 x 11.5 x 0.7 cm (4 1/4 x 4 1/2 x 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 51-32-70/3310 / Normanton Au
Provenance
Collector Peabody Museum South Australian Expedition (06/26/1951)
Collector Dr. Joseph B. Birdsell (06/26/1951)
Collector N.B. Tindale (06/26/1951)

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