Whale bone Pendant
Unidentified maker (Marquesas Islands)
Whale bone
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Museum Purchase
54.29.13148
Geography
Place Made: Marquesas Islands, Polynesia, Oceania
Object Name
Personal Adornment
Research Area
Oceania
Not on view
Provenance
Christian Rub (1886-1956), Santa Barbara, California; sold to present collection, 1954.
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