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Object Number 00-8-70/55456
Display Title Bead necklace with tortoise shell pendant
Descriptions
Inventory Description Necklace, woven fiber strand with pink shell beads, tortoise shell pendant
Classification
  • Necklace
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Marshall Islands
Additional Geographic Terms Rongelab
Dimensions Overall: 17.5 x 4.6 x 0.5 cm (6 7/8 x 1 13/16 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 55456
Provenance
Collector Alexander Agassiz (01/18/1900)
Collector Dr. William McMichael Woodworth (01/18/1900)
Collector U.S. Fish Commission Ship Albatross Expedition (01/18/1900)
Donor Donated by Alexander Agassiz (1900)

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