Necklace Fragment

2010-28-1B

From: Samoa Islands

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

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Object Number 2010-28-1B
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Samoan
Provenience Samoa Islands
Date Made Before 1928
Section Oceanian
Materials Job's Tears Seed | Shell
Description

String of white seeds (Coix lacryma-jobi) and small light brown shells on white string: 6 and 9 seeds alternating with 1 or 2 shells. Broken and incomplete.

Length 23 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum (also known as the Philadelphia Civic Center Museum), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2010
Other Number ED3157 - Museum Education Number | Civic 1995.x.16575 - Old Museum Number

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