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Object Number 99-12-70/53279
Display Title Tortoise shell dish
Descriptions
Inventory Description Bowl, tortoise shell, small, circular
Classification
  • Bowl
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1899
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Federated States of Micronesia
Additional Geographic Terms Caroline Islands
Materials Tortoiseshell
Dimensions Overall: 10.1 x 10.1 x 3.1 cm (4 x 4 x 1 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 53279
Credit Line Gift of the Heirs of David Kimball, 1899
Provenance
Provenance Boston Museum
Donor David P. Kimball
Donor L. Cushing Kimball
Donor Augusta K. Horton

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