Shell Necklace

Object/Artifact

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El Camino College Anthropology Museum

Name/Title

Shell Necklace

Entry/Object ID

E-40

Description

A necklace of white cowry shells with interchanging, round, hot pink beads. Monofilament line is blue in color, and the tie off knot is visible at one end.

Collection

El Camino College Anthropology Museum

Category

Ethnography
Anthropology

Acquisition

Accession

95.1.28

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Region

Polynesia

Continent

Oceania

Culture/Tribe

Samoan

Dimensions

Circumference

44 in

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

General Notes

Note Type

Cataloging Note

Note

This object was mis-cataloged as E-39. Upon investigation it was discovered that its number is actually E-40. The original number, E-39, is still labled on one of the shells, near the new number tag.