Ornament
CIVIC1995.X.16577
From: Admiralty Islands
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | CIVIC1995.X.16577 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Admiralty Islands |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Seed Pod | Glass | Tooth |
| Description | Two shiny dark brown seed pod halves connected by a string of small blue beads. Emerging from each pod, a pair of dog teeth. One of several such pendants belonging to a woman's necklace from the Admiralty Islands. (Identified by comparison with pendants on necklace illustrated on p. 95 of "Pacific Jewelry and Adornment." |
| Length | 16 cm |
| Width | 4.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum (also known as the Philadelphia Civic Center Museum), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2003 |
| Other Number | 1995.X.16577 - Old Museum Number |
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