Necklace
- Museum number:
- 11-42429
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21110042429
- Accession number:
- Acc.3145
- Description:
- necklace; plain white snail shells stung on cotton thread covered with plaited outer skin of plant stems; 63 cm. l.
- Donor:
- Lloyd W. Swift
- Collection place:
- Oceania
- Culture or time period:
- Oceanian cultures
- Collector:
- Josephine Hall Bishop
- Collection date:
- 1917
- Materials:
- Cotton (textile), Plant fiber, and Shell (animal material)
- Object type:
- ethnography
- Object class:
- Necklaces and Plaited weaving
- Function:
- 2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
- Accession date:
- June 16, 1975
- Context of use:
- ornament
- Department:
- Oceania
- Dimensions:
- length 63 centimeters
- Images:
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