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Object Number
99-12-70/53280
Display Title
Tortoise shell rings
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Bracelet, rounded, flat rings of tortoise shell
Classification
- Bracelet
Department
Ethnographic
Date
before 1899
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Federated States of Micronesia
Additional Geographic Terms
Caroline Islands
Materials
Tortoiseshell
Dimensions
Overall: 9.8 x 9.7 x 0.2 cm (3 7/8 x 3 13/16 x 1/16 in.)
Quantity
2
Label on object
53280
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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| |
| 00-8-70/55737.1 | Pendant, carved tortoise shell rings, flat, one perforated at one edge |
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| 18-20-70/D1144 | Set of earrings: tortoise shells rings edged with nasca shells on + |
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Raw Material |
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| |
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Ring
|
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Tabasco | |
| 99-1-70/52217 | Pendant of tortoise shell rings |
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| 48-51-70/3211 | Tortoise shell bracelets |
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| 48-51-70/2939 | Tortoise shell bracelets worn by women and having value |
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| |
| 14-63-50/B551 | Fragments of horn or tortoise shell rings |
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| |
| 39-17-70/1339 | Tortoise shell bracelet |
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|
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| 39-17-70/1340 | Tortoise shell bracelet |
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| |
| 39-17-70/1338 | Tortoise shell bracelet |
Bracelet
|
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| |
| 23-47-70/D1808 | Ear rings of turtle shell |
Earring
|
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