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Object Number
99-12-70/53774
Display Title
Shell pendants on cord of human hair
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Ornaments, 2 perforated shell diamonds attached with finely braided human hair
Classification
- Ornament
Department
Ethnographic
Date
before 1899
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
France
/
French Polynesia
/
Windward Islands
/
Tahiti
Additional Geographic Terms
Society Islands
Materials
Shell, Human hair, Vegetable fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 16 x 9 x 0.2 cm (6 5/16 x 3 9/16 x 1/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
53774/ POISON
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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