Shell and Silver Necklace
Shell and Silver Necklace
DimensionsOverall: (W x L) 2 × 26 in. (5.1 × 66 cm)
MediumSilver, pen shell, spiny oyster shell
ClassificationJewelry
Credit LineGift of Ralph T. Coe Center for the Arts, 2025
Object number
2025.125
Not on View
DescriptionA multi-stranded necklace consisting of silver, pen shells, and spiny
oyster shells
late 19th century
mid to late 19th century
late 20th century
1970-1989
about 1800
late 20th-early 21st Century
19th century
early 20th century
Edo Period (1615-1868), about 1750
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