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Object Number
27-63-60/D3068
Display Title
String of dentalium shells
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Necklace, multiple strands of dentalium shell beads strung on plant fiber
Classification
- Necklace
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia
/
India
/
<State>
/
Andaman Islands
Materials
Shell, Plant fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 32 x 11 x 1.4 cm (12 5/8 x 4 5/16 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
D3068
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27-63-60/D3069 | String of dentalium shells |
Necklace
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Andaman Islands
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| 40-69-10/22722 | String of dentalium shells. |
Necklace
|
North America
| |
| 27-63-60/D3070 | Necklace of dentalium shells |
Necklace
|
Andaman Islands
| |
| 23-46-70/D1739 | Necklace of dentalium shells, malliera |
Necklace
|
Western Australia
Kimberley | |
| 01-21-10/56806 | Necklace of beads and dentalium shells |
Necklace
|
Washington
| |
| 47-66-10/29028 | String of glass beads and dentalium shells |
Necklace
Raw Material |
United States
| |
| 17-17-10/87156 | Shell necklace of dentalium; etlala |
Necklace
|
Gwa I
| |
| 16-20-10/86717 | Necklace of glass beads and dentalium shells with pendant |
Necklace
|
North America
| |
| 40-69-10/22747 | Necklace - dentalium shells strung on deerskin thongs |
Necklace
|
North America
| |
|
| 40-69-10/22748 | Necklace - dentalium shells strung on deerskin thongs |
Necklace
|
North America
| |
| 15-36-10/86448 | Woman's earrings of dentalium shells strung in two's with beads in-between. |
Earring
|
British Columbia
| |
| 15-36-10/86447 | Woman's earrings of dentalium shells and red glass beads with tassels of red yarn |
Earring
|
British Columbia
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