Necklace (uncertain)

2003-32-254

From: Society Islands (uncertain)

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

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Object Number 2003-32-254
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Society Islands (uncertain)
Section Oceanian
Materials Shells | Cotton
Description

Tiny white and yellow shells threaded on a continuous strand and wound around a padded, cotton cloth covered circular base. At one point on the circumference a small loop, also wound with strand of shells. Exhibited at l'Exposition universelle de Paris 1900.

Width 2.2 cm
Outside Diameter 23 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum (also known as the Philadelphia Civic Center Museum), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2003
Other Number 1995.X.16598 - Other Number | 8423 - Other Number

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