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Object Number
00-8-70/55475
Display Title
Shell bead necklace
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Necklace, twisted plant fiber string with spaced pink discoidal shell beads
Classification
- Necklace
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Marshall Islands
/
Ratak Chain
/
Likiep Atoll
Materials
Shell, Plant fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 22.4 x 3 x 0.9 cm (8 13/16 x 1 3/16 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Provenance
Collector
Alexander Agassiz
(01/21/1900)
Collector
Dr. William McMichael Woodworth
(01/21/1900)
Collector
U.S. Fish Commission Ship Albatross Expedition
(01/21/1900)
Donor
Donated by
Alexander Agassiz
(1900)
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Necklace
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| |
| 00-8-70/55462 | Shell and cocoanut bead necklace |
Necklace
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| |
| 00-8-70/55667 | Necklace of ox teeth and shell beads |
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| |
| 00-8-70/55735 | Necklace of shell beads |
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| |
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Arizona?
New Mexico? | |
| 00-8-70/55476 | Shell bead necklace |
Necklace
|
Likiep Atoll
| |
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