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Object Number
00-8-70/55382
Display Title
Shell necklaces
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Necklaces, clustered yellow shells attached to vegetable fiber cord, long
Classification
- Necklace
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
New Zealand
/
<State>
/
Niue
Additional Geographic Terms
Cook Islands
Materials
Shell, Vegetable fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 123 x 0.8 x 0.8 cm (48 7/16 x 5/16 x 5/16 in.)
Quantity
2
Label on object
55382
Provenance
Collector
U.S. Fish Commission Ship Albatross Expedition
(1899-1900)
Collector
Alexander Agassiz
(1899-1900)
Collector
Dr. William McMichael Woodworth
(1899-1900)
Donor
Donated by
Alexander Agassiz
(1900)
Donor
Donated by
Mrs. F. E. Lawes
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