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Object Number
99-12-70/53770
Display Title
Necklace of shells
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Necklaces, white and brown shells on twisted vegetable fiber, 5 fragments
Classification
- Necklace
Department
Ethnographic
Date
before 1899
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
Additional Geographic Terms
Pacific Islands
Materials
Shell, Vegetable fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 47.8 x 2.5 x 1.5 cm (18 13/16 x 1 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity
7
Label on object
53770
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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