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Object Number
64-18-70/4451
Display Title
Bailer shell chest ornament (migak) broken and mended
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Necklace, woven fiber band, sewn shells outer side, large shell pendant, mended
Classification
- Necklace
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Dani
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
New Guinea
Oceania / Indonesia
Oceania / Indonesia
Additional Geographic Terms
Grand Valley of the Baliem River; Kutelu Area
Materials
Shell, Plant fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 49.5 x 19.7 x 3 cm (19 1/2 x 7 3/4 x 1 3/16 in.)
Quantity
4
Label on object
64-18-70/4451
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 64-18-70/4452 | Bailer shell neck piece with nassa snail shell bands |
Necklace
|
Indonesia
New Guinea | |
| 63-29-70/4073 | Bailer shell (cymian) neck ornament (migik) |
Ornament
|
Indonesia
New Guinea | |
| 63-29-70/4072 | Nassa shell chest piece (walimoken) with pig bone awl in sheath |
Necklace
|
New Guinea
Indonesia | |
| 64-2-70/4062 | Man's chest ornament - bone 12" x 1" on woven cord and raffia band |
Necklace
|
New Guinea
Indonesia | |
| 989-26-30/11605 | Portion of a strand of a shell chest plate/ necklace (eruricadi) |
Necklace
|
Santa Beatriz
| |
| 00-8-70/55563 | Shell ornament for head or hair |
Necklace
|
Marshall Islands
| |
| 39-30-10/18191 | Shell breast ornament - dentalia shells |
Necklace
|
North America
| |
| 40-12-70/1568 | Ornament of blue beads with 4 shells hanging off on strings |
Necklace
|
Bougainville Island
| |
| 28-11-50/B4414 | Cocoanut bailer for drinking water |
Ladle
|
Tanganyika Territory
| |
| 00-8-70/55561.1 | Shell ornament for head or hair |
Necklace
|
Marshall Islands
| |
| 72-20-70/6866 | Necklace made of shells |
Necklace
|
Gilbert Islands
| |
| 62-6-70/3968 | Large bamboo and raffia chest with shell design |
Box
|
Celebes
Sulawesi |