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Tongan and Samoan

Necklace

Tongan or Samoan, 1900-1966

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Necklace

Tongan or Samoan, 1900-1966

Physical Qualities Shells and string, L. 28 3/4 in. (73 cm.) doubled
Credit Line Gift of James J.O. Anderson, Baltimore
Object Number 1988.166
Tiny white shells threaded side to side
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift 1988; James J.O. Anderson in the 1940s
Neich, Roger, and Pandora Fulimalo Pereira. Pacific jewelry and adornment. University of Hawaii Press, 2004.

Culture

Tongan

2000–2000

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Culture

Samoan

2000–2000

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