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Object Number
10-58-30/82756
Display Title
Shell rattles
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Ornaments, woven cotton band with hanging seed pods.
Classification
- Ornament
- Raw Material
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Woyawoi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America
/
Guyana
South America / British Guiana
South America / British Guiana
Materials
Cotton, Seed pod
Dimensions
Overall: 47 x 9.3 x 1.6 cm (18 1/2 x 3 11/16 x 5/8 in.)
Quantity
4
Label on object
82756
Provenance
Collector
Rev. John W. Ogilvie
(1910 - 1910)
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