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Object Number
99-12-70/53623
Display Title
Shell and cocoanut shell bead strung on cocoanut fibre
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Necklaces, discoidal shell and coconut shell beads, on twisted fiber, broken
Classification
- Necklace
Department
Ethnographic
Date
before 1899
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Kiribati
Materials
Shell, Coconut shell, Plant fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 44.9 x 2.5 x 1.1 cm (17 11/16 x 1 x 7/16 in.)
Quantity
5
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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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99-12-70/53623.1 | Shell and cocoanut shell bead strung on cocoanut fibre |
Necklace
|
Gilbert Islands
| |
| 00-8-70/55671 | Belts of cocoanut shell beads |
Necklace
|
Marakei Island
| |
| 00-8-70/55674 | Strings of cocoanut shell and sea shell beads |
Necklace
|
Kiribati
| |
| 00-8-70/55674.1 | Strings of cocoanut shell and sea shell beads |
Necklace
|
Gilbert Islands
| |
| 00-8-70/55671.1 | Belts of cocoanut shell beads |
Necklace
|
Marakei Island
| |
| 00-8-70/55566 | Necklace of cocoanut shell beads and shell pendant |
Necklace
|
Marshall Islands
| |
| 00-8-70/55526 | Bead necklace. shell and cocoanut beads |
Necklace
|
Wotje Atoll
| |
| 00-8-70/55525 | Bead necklace. shell and cocoanut beads |
Necklace
|
Wotje Atoll
| |
| 00-8-70/55672 | String of small cocoanut shell beads |
Necklace
|
Marakei Island
| |
| 48-51-70/2943 | Cocoanut shell necklace |
Necklace
|
Yap Islands
| |
| 00-8-70/55565 | Necklace of cocoanut shell beads and shell pendant |
Necklace
|
Marshall Islands
| |
| 38-44-70/915 | String of black and white, 5' long. White are seashell, black are cocoanut shell |
Necklace
|
Gilbert Islands
|