Cowry shell necklace

Museum number:

11-39490

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Description:

Necklace: Shells of Cypraea annulus (”gold ring cowrie”)

Collection place:

Samoa

Culture or time period:

Samoan

Taxon:

Monetaria annulus

Object type:

ethnography

Object class:

Necklaces

Function:

2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements

Department:

Oceania

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