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Tongan and Samoan

Necklace

Tongan or Samoan, 1900

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Necklace

Tongan or Samoan, 1900

Physical Qualities Shells, string, L. 26 3/4 in. (68 cm.) doubled
Credit Line Gift of James J.O. Anderson, Baltimore
Object Number 1988.167
Tiny white shells threaded side to side
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift 1988; James J.O. Anderson in the 1940s

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