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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, seeds, string, L. 16 1/8 in. (41 cm.) doubled
Credit Line Gift of James J.O. Anderson, Baltimore
Object Number 1988.169
Small beads, larger seeds, one large seed pendant
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift 1988; James J.O. Anderson in the 1940s;

Culture

Tongan

2000–2000

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Culture

Samoan

2000–2000

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