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Object Number
99-12-70/53550
Display Title
Shell necklace
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Necklace, braided fiber covered with white spiral shells, mended with cotton thr
Classification
- Necklace
Department
Ethnographic
Date
before 1899
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Tuvalu
Additional Geographic Terms
Ellice Island
Materials
Vegetable fiber, Shell
Dimensions
Overall: 53.4 x 1.3 x 1.2 cm (21 x 1/2 x 1/2 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
53550
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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