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Ear ornaments of shell beads and tortoise shell
Ear ornaments of shell beads and tortoise shell
Object Number 99-12-70/53638
Display Title Ear ornaments of shell beads and tortoise shell
Descriptions
Inventory Description Ear ornaments, worked tortoise shell cones, discoidal wood and shell beads
Classification
  • Earring
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1899
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Federated States of Micronesia
Additional Geographic Terms Caroline Islands
Materials Tortoiseshell, Wood, Shell, Vegetable fiber
Dimensions Overall: 7.3 x 4 x 3.8 cm (2 7/8 x 1 9/16 x 1 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 53638
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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