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Breast ornament with shell pendant
Breast ornament with shell pendant
Object Number 99-1-70/52214
Display Title Breast ornament with shell pendant
Descriptions
Inventory Description Necklace, white shell pendant, seed, shell and tusk ornament, fiber cord
Classification
  • Necklace
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Papua New Guinea
Materials Shell, Animal tooth, Seed, Vegetable fiber, Resin, Bark
Dimensions Overall: 35.5 x 4.1 x 3.3 cm (14 x 1 5/8 x 1 5/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 52214
Provenance
Collector Mr. Ballestier (1845-1846)
Donor Heirs of Warren Delano (1899)

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