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Wooden head or neck ornament inlaid with discs of mother-of-pearl
Wooden head or neck ornament inlaid with discs of mother-of-pearl
Object Number 99-12-70/53778
Display Title Wooden head or neck ornament inlaid with discs of mother-of-pearl
Descriptions
Inventory Description Ornament, carved wood ring, four wood segments joined to create ring, flared at front, inlaid mother-of-pearl disks throughout exterior surface, braided fiber cordage at two joints
Classification
  • Ornament
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1899
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / France / French Polynesia
Additional Geographic Terms Tuamotu Islands
Materials Wood , Shell , Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 20.7 × 20.5 × 15.2 cm (8 1/8 × 8 1/16 × 6 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 53778
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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