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Object Number
00-8-70/55746
Display Title
Ear ornament
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Ear ornament, six flat shells, discoidal, connected with incised coconut shell rings, teal, white, pink, and blue glass beads on plant fiber cordage, metal fasteners
Classification
- Ornament
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Federated States of Micronesia
/
<State>
/
Truk Island
Oceania / Federated States of Micronesia / <State> / Caroline Islands
Oceania / Federated States of Micronesia / <State> / Hogolu Island
Oceania / Federated States of Micronesia / <State> / Caroline Islands
Oceania / Federated States of Micronesia / <State> / Hogolu Island
Dimensions
Overall: 24.5 × 5 × 2.5 cm (9 5/8 × 1 15/16 × 1 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
55746
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00-8-70/55745.2 | Ear ornament |
Ornament
|
Hogolu Island
Truk Island Caroline Islands | |
| 00-8-70/55745.1 | Ear ornament |
Ornament
|
Caroline Islands
Truk Island Hogolu Island | |
| 00-8-70/55749 | Necklace |
Necklace
|
Caroline Islands
Hogolu Island Truk Island | |
| 19-43-70/D1291 | Man's ear ornaments |
Ornament
|
Borneo
Borneo | |
| 00-8-70/55733 | Ear ornament of vegetable rings |
Earring
|
Truk Island
| |
| 00-8-70/55732 | Ear ornament of vegetable rings |
Earring
|
Truk Island
| |
| 18-25-70/D947.2 | Pair of arm bands of cone shell |
Armlet
|
Massim
| |
| 55-1-70/3699 | Pair of Men's mother-of-pearl ear ornaments (tatanyon); lunate-shape + |
Ornament
|
Take-tonpo Village
| |
| 55-1-70/3705 | Single ear ornament of mother-of-pearl for men (tatanyon); lunate- + |
Ornament
|
Take-tonpo Village
| |
| 55-1-70/3698 | Pair of Men's mother-of-pearl ear ornaments (tatanyon); lunate-shape + |
Ornament
|
Take-tonpo Village
| |
| 55-1-70/3704 | Single ear ornament of mother-of-pearl for men (tatanyon); lunate- + |
Ornament
|
Take-tonpo Village
| |
| 47-72-70/2717 | Small carved wooden male figure - decorated with beads and shell |
Figurine
|
Papua New Guinea
|