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Object Number 99-12-70/53773
Display Title String of shell discs
Descriptions
Inventory Description Bead string, discoidal white with brown shell beads, 2 strands on raw fiber
Classification
  • Bead
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1899
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / France / French Polynesia / Windward Islands / Tahiti
Additional Geographic Terms Society Islands
Dimensions Overall: 12.8 x 4 x 0.4 cm (5 1/16 x 1 9/16 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 53773
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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String of shell discs
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