Ornament: string: shell

Museum number:
11-1005
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.18
Description:
String and shell ornament.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Huon Gulf, Morobe Province, Momase Region
Verbatim coll. place:
New Guinea
Culture or time period:
New Guinea, Papua Island
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Materials:
Shell (animal material)
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Accession date:
November 26, 1901
Department:
Oceania
Loans:
S1929: Los Angeles Natural History Museum (May 1929–1945)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Ornament: string: shell, accession number 11-1005, described as String and shell ornament.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Ornament: string: shell, accession number 11-1005, described as String and shell ornament.

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