Shell necklace

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Description

This is a necklace made of small thin white shells interspersed with black and blueish white shell clusters giving it a very delicate appearance. Traditional Fijian style.

Production date

1990s

Department

Social History

Object type

adornment

Media/materials

Materials/<materials by composition>/<combination inorganic/organic material>/<combination inorganic/organic animal material>/<shell and shell material>/shell

Accession no

2001.6

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