Bracelet
97-120-359
From: United States of America | Hawaiian Islands
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | 97-120-359 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Hawaiian |
| Provenience | United States of America | Hawaiian Islands |
| Culture Area | Oceania | Polynesia |
| Date Made | Before 1841 |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Sea Turtle Shell | Cotton | Wood |
| Description | Large round bead, strung on lengths of brown gauzy [European] cotton, knotted at the ends. Bead is made up of many thin discs of light and dark brown sea turtle shell, held together by a wood (?) pin running through their centers. Contrasting light and dark disc edges form five broad stripes (black, brown, black, brown, black) across the width of the bead. |
| Height | 3.2 cm |
| Length | 18 cm |
| Width | 2.7 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1997 |
| Other Number | L-120-359 - Old Museum Number | 10546 - ANSP Number |
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