Ornament: breast

Museum number:
11-869
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.18
Description:
Shell breast 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
Object class:
Ornaments (object genre)
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 1 of 2 titled Ornament: breast, accession number 11-869, described as Shell breast ornament.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Ornament: breast, accession number 11-869, described as Shell breast ornament.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Ornament: breast, accession number 11-869, described as Shell breast ornament.

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