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Object Number
00-8-70/55446
Display Title
Fragment of shell from which beads are made
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Shell, fragment, orange, pink, white
Classification
- Shell
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Marshall Islands
Materials
Shell
Dimensions
Overall: 3.1 x 2.6 x 1 cm (1 1/4 x 1 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
55446
Provenance
Collector
Alexander Agassiz
(1899-1900)
Collector
Dr. William McMichael Woodworth
(1899-1900)
Collector
U.S. Fish Commission Ship Albatross Expedition
(1899-1900)
Donor
Donated by
Alexander Agassiz
(1900)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51-60-50/8777.1 | Trimmed ostrich shell disk for beads |
Shell
|
Africa
| |
| 51-60-50/8776 | Fragment of broken ostrich shell - blank for bead |
Shell
|
Africa
| |
| 51-60-50/8835 | Ostrich shell bead blank |
Shell
|
Africa
| |
|
Image Not Available
for Shell fragments, white flakes, vegetable fiber or bark fragments
| 2003.1.2623 | Shell fragments, white flakes, vegetable fiber or bark fragments |
Shell
| ||
| 88-46-30/47067 | Shell fragment from shell heap |
Shell
|
Coquimbo, Shell heap
| |
|
Image Not Available
for Shell fragments
| 2004.1.892 | Shell fragments |
Shell
|
Oceania?
Asia? | |
| 40-69-10/22723 | Small pink shells |
Shell
|
North America
| |
| 985-27-10/59055.34 | Shell, tip removed, polished-looking pink interior |
Shell
|
San Ildefonso Pueblo; Kiva
| |
| 2004.1.273 | Shells, embedded in resin, fragments |
Shell
|
Oceania
| |
|
| 985-27-10/59055.35 | Shell fragment, w/ opening & ridges |
Shell
|
San Ildefonso Pueblo; Kiva
| |
|
| 985-27-10/59055.37 | Shell fragment |
Shell
|
San Ildefonso Pueblo; Kiva
| |
|
| 985-27-10/59055.36 | Shell fragment |
Shell
|
San Ildefonso Pueblo; Kiva
|