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Necklace, shells on cotton thread
Object Number 86-14-70/47746
Display Title Necklace, shells on cotton thread
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Lei
Object Description Strings of small shells, about 750 shells total.
Inventory Description Necklace, six strands of small conical shells, beige and speckled brown shells, strands tied together at ends with fiber cordage
Classification
  • Necklace
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Hawaiian
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / United States / Hawaii / Kauai County / Niihau Island
Materials Shell , Fiber , Cotton thread
Dimensions Overall (extended): 74.3 × 3 × 1 cm (29 1/4 × 1 3/16 × 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 47746
Provenance
Donor Miss A. E. Newell (Oct. 28, 1886)

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