Ornament
| Object Number: | 2003-32-93 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Provenience: | New Caledonia |
| Section: | Oceanian |
| Materials: | Shell Plant Fiber Flying Fox Fur |
| Length: | 12.8 cm |
| Width: | 5.5 cm |
| Credit Line: | Gift of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum (also known as the Philadelphia Civic Center Museum), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2003 |
| Other Number: | 1993.X.286 - Other Number 13440 - Other Number |
Description
Thick plaited cord of plant fiber and flying fox fur, with tassel of small olive shells. See similar object in Roger Boulay, De jade et de nacre (1900) p. 86., decorating a conus shell arm ring. Exhibited at l'Exposition universelle de Paris 1900.
Bibliography:
| [Book] Boulay, Roger. 1990. De jade et de nacre.. Paris. Reunion des Musees Nationaux. Type Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 86 | View Objects related to this Type Citation |
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