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Object Number
00-8-70/55474
Display Title
Shell bead necklace
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Necklace, spondylus discoidal beads, strung on fiber cord
Classification
- Necklace
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Marshall Islands
/
Ratak Chain
/
Likiep Atoll
Materials
Shell, Fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 21 × 8.5 × 2 cm (8 1/4 × 3 3/8 × 13/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
70/55474
Provenance
Collector
Alexander Agassiz
(01/20/1900)
Collector
Dr. William McMichael Woodworth
(01/20/1900)
Collector
U.S. Fish Commission Ship Albatross Expedition
(01/20/1900)
Donor
Donated by
Alexander Agassiz
(1900)
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