Engraved pearl shell with human hair string
Object type: Shell
Department: Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
Culture: Western Australia
Date: ca. 1920–1960
Medium: Carved Australian Gold-Lipped Pearl Shell, Pinctada Maxima [not endangered], natural earth pigments, human hair
Dimensions: H. 11 7/8 × W. 4 3/16 × D. 1 in. (30.2 × 10.6 × 2.5 cm)
Classification: Shell
Geography:     Western Australia probably western Kimberley region 
Credit line: Gift of Debra and Dennis Scholl, in celebration of the Museum's 150th Anniversary, 2019
Accession year: 1999