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Object Number
96-25-70/49398
Display Title
Necklaces
Descriptions
Object Description
Necklaces
Inventory Description
Necklace, large curved white shell pendant at center, small overlapping pink and white shell disks on either side of pendant, four small brown disks interspersed, twisted fiber cordage, cordage tied in knot at ends
Classification
- Necklace
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Papua New Guinea
/
<State>
/
<County>
/
<City>
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Cape Nelson
Materials
Coconut fiber , Shell , Coconut shell
Dimensions
Overall: 42 × 13.5 × 5 cm (16 9/16 × 5 5/16 × 1 15/16 in.)
Quantity
5
Label on object
49398
Provenance
Collector
Alexander Agassiz
(1896)
Donor
Donated by
Alexander Agassiz
(1896)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 96-25-70/49400 | Necklace |
Necklace
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Cape Nelson
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| 96-25-70/49401 | Necklace |
Necklace
|
Papua New Guinea
| |
| 96-25-70/49398.1 | Necklaces |
Necklace
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Cape Nelson
| |
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Pendant
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Take-tonpo Village
| |
| 55-1-70/3689 | Pair of 1 3/4" shell disk pendants (mason) to be hung from necklaces |
Pendant
|
Take-tonpo Village
| |
| 00-8-70/55564 | Necklace |
Necklace
|
Marshall Islands
| |
| 46-78-70/2423 | Necklace of small white and brown beads of shell strung on grass |
Necklace
|
Caroline Islands
| |
| 00-8-70/55749 | Necklace |
Necklace
|
Caroline Islands
Hogolu Island Truk Island | |
| 00-8-70/55565 | Necklace of cocoanut shell beads and shell pendant |
Necklace
|
Marshall Islands
| |
| 00-8-70/55566 | Necklace of cocoanut shell beads and shell pendant |
Necklace
|
Marshall Islands
| |
| 00-8-70/55526 | Bead necklace. shell and cocoanut beads |
Necklace
|
Wotje Atoll
| |
| 991-12-60/15000A | Two Glass Bead Necklaces, Four Strands and Ten Strands |
Necklace
|
China
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