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Object Number
00-8-70/55737
Display Title
Tortoiseshell pendant
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Pendant, flat tortoiseshell, discoidal, perforated, fastened fiber cordage at notch, red glass beads
Classification
- Pendant
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Federated States of Micronesia
/
<State>
/
Truk Island
Additional Geographic Terms
Caroline Islands
Materials
Tortoiseshell , Plant fiber , Glass
Dimensions
Overall: 11.5 x 11.5 x 1 cm (4 1/2 x 4 1/2 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity
3
Label on object
55737; 101-44
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00-8-70/55737.1 | Pendant, carved tortoise shell rings, flat, one perforated at one edge |
Pendant
|
Truk Island
| |
| 2000.30.8.1 | Tortoiseshell container |
Box
|
Botswana
| |
|
| 2000.30.8.2 | Tortoiseshell container |
Box
|
Botswana
| |
| 2005.6.20 | Fan with tortoiseshell section |
Fan
|
Oceania
| |
| 2005.6.19 | Fan with tortoiseshell section |
Fan
|
Oceania
| |
| 2012.2.2 | Tortoiseshell pouch with 9 drilled holes; 8 pendant strings of ostrich eggshell beads and glass bead, one string missing; hide strap; holds organic material; textile fragment stuffed into opening |
Pouch
|
Botswana
| |
| 2000.30.20 | Tortoiseshell compact |
Accessory
|
Botswana
| |
| 995-29-10/73090 | Sun Face inlaid pendant/pin, on commercial chain |
Pendant
|
New Mexico
| |
| 2012.13.9.1 | Tortoiseshell hairpin |
Hair ornament
|
Burma
| |
| 2012.13.9.3 | Tortoiseshell hairpin |
Hair ornament
|
Burma
| |
| 2012.13.9.2 | Tortoiseshell hairpin |
Hair ornament
|
Burma
| |
| 00-8-70/55460 | Bead necklace with tortoise shell pendant |
Necklace
|
Marshall Islands
|