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Necklace of shells
Object Number 99-12-70/53767
Display Title Necklace of shells
Descriptions
Inventory Description Necklace, perforated white shells sewn on braided fiber cord
Classification
  • Necklace
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1899
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
Additional Geographic Terms Pacific Islands
Materials Shell, Vegetable fiber
Dimensions Overall: 57.5 x 2.4 x 1.6 cm (22 5/8 x 15/16 x 5/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 53767
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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