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Object Number 99-12-70/53618
Display Title Ornament for leg or arm
Descriptions
Inventory Description Ornament, shell and carved tortoise shell discs, attached with shell bead
Classification
  • Ornament
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1899
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Papua New Guinea?
Additional Geographic Terms Austral Islands
Dimensions Overall: 1.7 x 7.8 x 7.6 cm (11/16 x 3 1/16 x 3 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 53618
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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