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Object Number
00-8-70/55383
Display Title
Shell necklace
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Necklace, plant fiber string with small perforated white shells, broken
Classification
- Necklace
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
New Zealand
/
<State>
/
Niue
Additional Geographic Terms
Cook Islands
Materials
Shell, Plant fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 26.3 x 1.3 x 0.4 cm (10 3/8 x 1/2 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity
8
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)
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| 00-8-70/55685 | Necklace of shells |
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| |
| 00-8-70/55557 | Shell necklace |
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| |
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| |
| 973-11-70/5291 | Guri shell bracelet (necklace?), thick 2-ply fiber frame; each shell individuall |
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| |
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| |
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| |
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| |
| 99-12-70/53627 | Shell necklace |
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|
Federated States of Micronesia
| |
| 00-8-70/55566 | Necklace of cocoanut shell beads and shell pendant |
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|
Marshall Islands
| |
| 00-8-70/55649 | Shell necklaces |
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|
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|