Ear Ornament

68-7-71A

From: New Guinea | Kiriwina (uncertain) | Dobu (uncertain) | Trobriand Islands

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

Object Number 68-7-71A
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience New Guinea | Kiriwina (uncertain) | Dobu (uncertain) | Trobriand Islands
Date Made 1919-1925
Section Oceanian
Materials Shell | Turtle Shell | Leaf
Description

Loop of palm leaf, tied with plant fiber, to which are attached 6 thin turtleshell rings and 11 red mollusk shell discs with holes in centers.

Credit Line Purchased from W. H. Marshall, 1968
Other Number 30 - Other Number

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