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Object Number
99-12-70/53637
Display Title
Necklace of wood and shell beads
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Necklace, tubular wood beads, and discoidal shell and coconut shell beads
Classification
- Necklace
Department
Ethnographic
Date
before 1899
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Federated States of Micronesia
Additional Geographic Terms
Caroline Islands
Materials
Shell, Coconut shell, Plant fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 59.5 x 0.6 x 0.6 cm (23 7/16 x 1/4 x 1/4 in.)
Quantity
2
Label on object
53637
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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