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Object Number 99-12-70/53766
Display Title Ornaments of vermetus shell
Descriptions
Inventory Description Ornament, curved white shell tubes, 1 with serrated ends, other broken, cord
Classification
  • Ornament
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1899
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
Additional Geographic Terms Pacific Islands
Dimensions Overall: 15.3 x 5.5 x 2.4 cm (6 x 2 3/16 x 15/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 53766
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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