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Object Number
99-12-70/53769
Display Title
Necklace of shell and cocoa-nut shell beads
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Necklace, strand of twisted bark, hanging shell and gourd discoidal beads
Classification
- Necklace
Department
Ethnographic
Date
before 1899
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Kiribati
Materials
Shell, Bark, Gourd
Dimensions
Overall: 53 x 2.8 x 4 cm (20 7/8 x 1 1/8 x 1 9/16 in.)
Quantity
1
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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