Shell

Museum number:
11-235
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21110000235
Accession number:
Acc.25
Description:
Flat edge blade of pearl.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Yap State, Federated States of Micronesia, Micronesia
Verbatim coll. place:
Carolines
Culture or time period:
Micronesian and Yap
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Materials:
Pearl (animal material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Shell samples
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Accession date:
December 15, 1901
Department:
Oceania
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Shell, accession number 11-235, described as Flat edge blade of pearl.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Shell, accession number 11-235, described as Flat edge blade of pearl.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Shell, accession number 11-235, described as Flat edge blade of pearl.

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