Necklace (uncertain)
Currency (uncertain)
29-58-120
From: Marshall Islands
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
Object Number | 29-58-120 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Marshall Islands |
Section | Oceanian |
Materials | Shell | Turtle Shell | Plant Fiber |
Description | Red and yellow discs cut from shell attached in pairs to a plaited fibre string, which was originally longer. Celt-shaped pendant of tortoiseshell suspended by a short string passed through four small discs of the same materal as the other discs, called aaht. Aaht was formerly currency as well as ornament. See Finsch, Sudseearbeiten, p. 67, esp. par. 4 and figs. 61, 254. |
Length | 31 cm |
Credit Line | Received from various sources, pre-1929 |
Other Number | 14 - Other Number | CG901116-8214 - Found in Collection Number |
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