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Object Number
99-12-70/53627
Display Title
Shell necklace
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Headband, woven plant fiber band covered with white shells on one side, broken
Classification
- Necklace
Department
Ethnographic
Date
before 1899
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Federated States of Micronesia
Materials
Plant fiber, Shell
Dimensions
Overall: 26 x 2.3 x 0.9 cm (10 1/4 x 7/8 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
53627
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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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| 00-8-70/55649 | Shell necklaces |
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| 00-8-70/55383 | Shell necklace |
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| 00-8-70/55685 | Necklace of shells |
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