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Object Number
99-12-70/53626
Display Title
String of beads with human teeth attached
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Necklace, small discoidal shell and coconut shell beads with teeth pendants
Classification
- Necklace
Department
Ethnographic
Date
before 1899
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Kiribati
/
Gilbert Islands
Materials
Shell, Tooth, Coconut shell, Plant fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 12.7 x 4.6 x 1 cm (5 x 1 13/16 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
53626
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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