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Object Number 99-12-70/53620
Display Title Neck ornaments of shell
Descriptions
Inventory Description Pendants, shell, large, flat, triangular perforation, carved one edge, broken
Classification
  • Pendant
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1899
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Solomon islands
Materials Shell
Dimensions Overall: 8.4 x 10.7 x 0.8 cm (3 5/16 x 4 3/16 x 5/16 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 53620
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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