Year collected: [Missing] / Donor: Caroline Mytinger / Materials: Shell (animal material) - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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1. Clamshell armlet

Museum number:: 11-43150a-e
Function:: 2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Dimensions:: A— diameter 8 centimeters, E— diameter 8.8 centimeters, C and D— diameter 9 centimeters, and B— diameter 8.5 centimeters
Collector:: Caroline Mytinger
Collection place:: Roviana Lagoon, New Georgia, Solomon Islands

2. Female figurine

Museum number:: 11-42723
Culture or time period:: Rapa Nui
Object class:: Figurines and Women (female humans)
Function:: 5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Dimensions:: length 51.5 centimeters
Collector:: Caroline Mytinger
Collection place:: Easter Island (Chile), Polynesia

3. Loin covering, belt

Museum number:: 11-42701
Culture or time period:: Suki
Function:: 5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Dimensions:: width 10 centimeters and length 13 centimeters
Collector:: Caroline Mytinger
Collection place:: Middle Fly River, Papua New Guinea

4. Ring, clamshell, chipped

Museum number:: 11-43149
Culture or time period:: Melanesian
Object class:: Rings (finger jewelry)
Function:: 7.4 Non-issued Media of Exchange, Symbolic Valuables, and Associated Containers
Dimensions:: diameter 10.5 centimeters
Collector:: Caroline Mytinger
Collection place:: Roviana Lagoon, New Georgia, Solomon Islands