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Object Number 83-3-70/28413
Display Title Shell of placuna
Descriptions
Inventory Description Ornament, shell, large, flat
Classification
  • Ornament
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Philippines
Materials Shell
Dimensions Overall: 10.6 x 10.3 x 0.2 cm (4 3/16 x 4 1/16 x 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 28.413

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