Bracelet
P1648B
From: Caroline Islands | Yap
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | P1648B |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Caroline Islands | Yap |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Turtle Shell | Plant Fiber |
| Description | Stack of circa 18 paper thin rings of sea turtle shell, held together with bindings of plant fiber run through pairs of small holes.. Rings are 3 cm. wide with an outside diameter of 11 cm. Stack bound together by the string of a cloth tag: "Tortoiseshell bracelets worn by women. Two taken from set to [illegible]." |
| Height | 1.5 cm |
| Width | 11 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 11 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Dr. William H. Furness 3rd., 1904 |
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