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Object Number
96-25-70/49409
Display Title
Armlet, tortoise shell
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Bracelet, tortoise shell band, incised linear designs filled with white pigment
Classification
- Bracelet
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Elema?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
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Papua New Guinea
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<State>
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<County>
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<City>
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Astrolabe Bay
Additional Geographic Terms
Papuan Gulf
Materials
Tortoiseshell, Pigment
Dimensions
Overall: 7.4 x 6.8 x 4.6 cm (2 15/16 x 2 11/16 x 1 13/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
49409
Provenance
Collector
Alexander Agassiz
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Bracelet
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Elema
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| 46-78-70/2414 | Tortoise shell bracelet with incised designs |
Bracelet
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Oceania
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Bracelet
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| 48-51-70/3211 | Tortoise shell bracelets |
Bracelet
|
Yap Islands
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| 48-51-70/2939 | Tortoise shell bracelets worn by women and having value |
Bracelet
|
Yap Islands
| |
| 39-17-70/1340 | Tortoise shell bracelet |
Bracelet
|
Kamwa
| |
| 39-17-70/1338 | Tortoise shell bracelet |
Bracelet
|
Kamwa
| |
| 39-17-70/1339 | Tortoise shell bracelet |
Bracelet
|
Kamwa
| |
| 48-51-70/2940 | Tortoise shell bracelet worn by older men |
Bracelet
|
Yap Islands
| |
| 99-12-70/53280 | Tortoise shell rings |
Bracelet
|
Federated States of Micronesia
| |
| 18-20-70/D1151 | Flat, narrow arm rings of tortoise shell |
Bracelet
Raw Material |
New Britain
| |
| 46-78-70/2429 | Flat, circular piece of tortoise shell with hole in center |
Ornament
|
Caroline Islands
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