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Necklace of shells
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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