Catalog Number
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Catalog Number |
CAS 1984-0008-0351 | |
| Category | Jewelry & Metalwork | |
| Object Name | Necklace | |
| Culture | Polynesian | |
| Global Region | Oceania | |
| Country | unknown | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | ||
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | Polynesia | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1920s | |
| Collection Name | Rollo Beck Collection (South Pacific) | |
| Materials | Porpoise (?) teeth; Glass beads; Commercial thread | |
| Description | Short single strand necklace comprising eighty-seven porpoise (?) teeth, alternating with single or paired very small white glass seed beads (and three amber-colored glass seed beads), all strung on commercial black thread, whose ends are not tied together. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 1.5, Thickness = 0.5, Length = 31.0 | |