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Object Number 99-12-70/53772
Display Title String of shell discs
Descriptions
Inventory Description Necklaces, discoidal white shell beads on twisted fiber cord, 2 strands, broken
Classification
  • Necklace
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1899
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / France / French Polynesia / Windward Islands / Tahiti
Additional Geographic Terms Society Islands
Dimensions Overall: 35.4 x 0.8 x 0.8 cm (13 15/16 x 5/16 x 5/16 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 53772
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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