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Object Number
99-12-70/53771
Display Title
Necklace of cypraea shells on braid of human hair
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Necklace, cowrie shells on braided human hair cord, some broken
Classification
- Necklace
Department
Ethnographic
Date
before 1899
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
France
/
French Polynesia
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Windward Islands
/
Tahiti
Additional Geographic Terms
Society Islands
Materials
Cowrie, Human hair
Dimensions
Overall: 50.6 x 2.5 x 2.1 cm (19 15/16 x 1 x 13/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
53771
Credit Line
Gift of the Heirs of David Kimball, 1899
Provenance
Provenance
Boston Museum
Donor
David P. Kimball
Donor
Augusta K. Horton
Donor
L. Cushing Kimball
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