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Object Number
99-15-70/53880
Display Title
Shell
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Shell, buff, ridged, brown residued exterior, red pigment at interior
Classification
- Shell
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Samoa
Materials
Shell, Pigment
Dimensions
Overall: 8.2 x 5.7 x 2.8 cm (3 1/4 x 2 1/4 x 1 1/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
53880
Provenance
Collector
Dr. William McMichael Woodworth
(1898-1899)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99-15-70/53881 | Shell |
Shell
|
Samoa
| |
| 99-15-70/53883 | Shell for first scraping (le asi) |
Shell
|
Samoa
| |
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Shell
|
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| |
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Shell
|
China
| |
| 2003.1.1043 | Shell, spiralled cone, tip broken, plaster- like residue on exterior & packed in |
Shell
|
Africa
| |
|
| 985-27-10/59055.34 | Shell, tip removed, polished-looking pink interior |
Shell
|
San Ildefonso Pueblo; Kiva
| |
| 79-75-10/19961 | Mussel shell |
Shell
|
Mattaponi Indian Town
| |
| 27-56-70/D2815 | Shells |
Shell
|
Papua New Guinea
| |
| 35-31-50/1200 | 2 snail shells |
Shell
|
Cameroon
| |
|
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for Shell fragments
| 2004.1.892 | Shell fragments |
Shell
|
Oceania?
Asia? | |
| 35-31-50/1199 | Ko shells used in ornamenting the "crown" (ntut) of Ko cult members |
Shell
|
Cameroon
| |
| 35-31-50/1336 | Bottle containing shells of snails (No. 50-1332) |
Shell
|
Cameroon
|