Dog Tooth Necklace

Unidentified Sentani maker

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probably 1930s; collected 1945

Dog's teeth, blue and black glass beads (manik-manik), small glass beads of assorted colors, and bark fiber string

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Acquired by exchange from Professor Elmer Harp, Jr.

54.57.13207

Geography

Place Made: Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Period

20th century

Object Name

Personal Adornment

Research Area

Asia

Not on view

Course History

ANTH 50.34, Peoples of Oceania, Brinker Ferguson, Fall 2021

ANTH 50.34, Peoples of Oceania, Brinker Ferguson, Fall 2021

Exhibition History

Changing Traditions in Pacific Art, Harrington Gallery Teaching Exhibition, Anthropology 38, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, September 7-November 10, 2002.

Provenance

Elmer Harp, Jr., Hanover, New Hampshire; by exchange (#90) to present collection, 1954.

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