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Object Number
10-58-30/82750
Display Title
8 pairs of ornaments
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Shell and seed ornaments, loose and strung on fiber string.
Classification
- Ornament
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Woyawoi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America
/
Guyana
South America / British Guiana
South America / British Guiana
Materials
Shell, Fiber, Seed
Dimensions
Overall: 14 x 3 x 2 cm (5 1/2 x 1 3/16 x 13/16 in.)
Quantity
11
Label on object
82750
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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|
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British Guiana | |
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|
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| |
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Ornament
|
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| |
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Earring
Raw Material |
Guyana
British Guiana | |
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Pendant
|
New Guinea
Indonesia | |
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Earring
|
Guyana
British Guiana | |
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Earring
|
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Eastern Lepanto | |
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|
Guyana
British Guiana | |
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Ornament
Raw Material |
British Guiana
Guyana | |
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Bead
|
Peru
| |
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Earring
|
Tanganyika Territory
| |
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Ornament
|
British Guiana
Guyana |