Choker

2000.01.0069B

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Basic Information

Artifact Identification	Choker (2000.01.0069B)
Classification/ Nomenclature	Personal Artifacts : Adornment : Body Adornments
Artist/Maker	Unknown
Geographic Location	Oceania--Micronesia : Federated States of Micronesia : Lamotrek Island of the Yap Islands in the Caroline Islands
Period	N/A
Date	1962
Culture	Micronesian
Location	On Exhibitin the Southeast Asia and Oceania exhibit

Physical Analysis

Dimension 1 (Length)	80.2 cm
Dimension 2 (Width)	0.5 cm
Dimension 3 (Depth)	0.2 cm
Weight	7 g
Measuring Remarks	Under Review
Materials	Glass, Plant, Pigment--Dye
Manufacturing Processes	Beaded, Cutting, Plaiting, Dyeing

Research Remarks

Description	Under Review
Published Description	N/A
Bibliography	Alkire, William H. Lamotrek Atoll and Inter-island Socioeconomic Ties. Illinois Studies in Anthropology, No. 5. University of Illinois Press: Urbana, 1965. Kramer, Augustin. Ergebnisse der Sudsee Expedition 1908-1910. (ed.) G. Thilenius. Hamburg: Friederichsen, De Gruyter & Co., 1937.

Artifact History

Credit Line/Dedication	William H. Alkire Collection, Transfer from Department of Anthropology, UIUC
Reproduction	No

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