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Object Number
00-8-70/55654
Display Title
Whale tooth belt
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Belt, twisted fiber tie, strung with whale teeth, one discoidal shell
Classification
- Belt
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Kiribati
/
Gilbert Islands
/
Marakei Island
Materials
Tooth, Plant fiber, Shell
Dimensions
Overall: 68 x 13 x 4 cm (26 3/4 x 5 1/8 x 1 9/16 in.)
Quantity
2
Label on object
55654
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Belt
|
Greenland
| |
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Necklace
|
Kiribati
| |
| 11-2-70/83927 | Whale tooth |
Pendant
|
Fiji
Samoa | |
| 27-63-60/D3027 | Bark belt, for carrying baby |
Belt
|
Andaman Islands
| |
| 00-8-70/55645 | Belt of cocoanut shell beads |
Belt
|
Kiribati
| |
| 04-28-10/63558 | Woman's belt, caribou teeth |
Belt
|
Alaska
| |
| 27-63-60/D3064 | Netted belt |
Belt
|
Andaman Islands
| |
| 27-63-60/D3063 | Netted belt |
Belt
|
Andaman Islands
| |
| 99-12-70/53624 | Belt of shell and cocoanut shell beads |
Belt
|
Federated States of Micronesia
| |
| 14-29-70/85739 | Shell bead belt |
Belt
|
Federated States of Micronesia
| |
| 27-63-60/D3028 | Bark belt, for carrying baby |
Belt
|
Andaman Islands
| |
| 69-30-10/2003 | Section of tooth of whale? Fungus box |
Carving
Raw Material |
Alaska
|