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Shell hooks on string

Artist INDONESIA

MediumShell, string

ClassificationsTools and Equipment

Credit LineGift of Dr. David Nalin

Object number2006.2.69

DescriptionTwo hook-shaped shell pieces, about 7cm x 4cm at outmost edges. shells are white with striped coloring; purple on the edge and turning pink on the top. Undersides are uncolored and slightly shiny. Coloring seemd to be natural. At the top of this hooked shape a slight deression has been carved around each shell, approx. 1mm deep and 7mm wide. Into this space, a woven string is wrapped several times around. This string connects the two shells to one another and is itself soiled several times around.

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