Collection place: New Guinea, Melanesia / Year collected: [Missing] / Function: 7.4 Non-issued Media of Exchange, Symbolic Valuables, and Associated Containers - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

Start Over Collection place New Guinea, Melanesia Year collected [Missing] Function 7.4 Non-issued Media of Exchange, Symbolic Valuables, and Associated Containers

Hearst Museum object titled Adze blade, accession number 11-42654, no description available.

Hearst Museum object titled Adze blade, accession number 11-42653, no description available.

Hearst Museum object titled Armband, accession number 11-41894, described as Conus shell armband with five attached cowrie-type shells with strings of colored glass beads and banana shell beads strung on nylon (?) fishline. Twisted fiber rope tied through armshell.

Hearst Museum object titled Armlet, accession number 11-37061, described as Conus shell armband decorated with 8 banana seed beads and 2 strings of red shell disk beads (Spondylus) and 2 banana seed beads on fiber string.

Hearst Museum object titled Conus shell armlet w/ decoration*, accession number 11-43429, no description available.

Hearst Museum object titled Limestick: decorated tortoiseshell*, accession number 11-42650, no description available.

Hearst Museum object titled Necklace, accession number 11-43421, no description available.

Hearst Museum object titled Necklace, accession number 11-43430, no description available.

Hearst Museum object titled Necklace, accession number 11-42656, described as necklace of red Spondylus disk beads and pendant Necklace has nine strands of beads- monofilament is interlaced so there is no pressure on strands when hung or displayed. Large shell that forms base, has beads that surround it.