Chaplet of yellowish univalve shells, perforated and threaded on string, with bow of red, white and blue ribbon. [LM 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 9/8/2005]

Collection type: Object
Description: Chaplet of yellowish univalve shells, perforated and threaded on string, with bow of red, white and blue ribbon. [LM 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 9/8/2005]
Geographical reference: French Polynesia (Overseas Collectivity of France)
Oceania > Polynesia > French Polynesia (Overseas Collectivity of France); Tuamoto Archipelago
Person: Field collector Charles Smith; PRM source The Executors of the Charles Smith Estate; PRM source Alfred T. Collier
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1908
Date collected: By 1908
Acquisition information: Purchased: 1923
Materials and processes: Material Shell, Material String, Material Ribbon Textile, Process Perforated, Process Woven
Dimensions: Diameter: max 220 mm, Length: max 300 mm doubled
Object numbers: Accession number: 1923.87.324