Bracelet

97-120-359

From: United States of America | Hawaiian Islands

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

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Object Number 97-120-359
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Hawaiian
Provenience United States of America | Hawaiian Islands
Date Made Before 1841
Section Oceanian
Materials Sea Turtle Shell | Cotton | Wood
Description

Large round bead, strung on lengths of brown gauzy [European] cotton, knotted at the ends. Bead is made up of many thin discs of light and dark brown sea turtle shell, held together by a wood (?) pin running through their centers. Contrasting light and dark disc edges form five broad stripes (black, brown, black, brown, black) across the width of the bead.

Height 3.2 cm
Length 18 cm
Width 2.7 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1997
Other Number L-120-359 - Old Museum Number | 10546 - ANSP Number

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