Cowrie Shell

2010-28-5

From: Samoa Islands

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

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Object Number 2010-28-5
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Samoa Islands
Section Oceanian
Materials Cowrie Shell
Description

Job lot of shells, almost all cowries. Three pierced with tufts of reddish plant fiber, one other (possibly) pierced for stringing. Otherwise unaltered. Various sizes and colors, many very dirty, others clean and shiny.

Credit Line Gift of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum (also known as the Philadelphia Civic Center Museum), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2010
Other Number ED3154 - Museum Education Number | Civic 1995.x.16572 - Old Museum Number

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