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Object Number 17-20-30/F111
Display Title Necklace (vermetus shell)
Descriptions
Inventory Description Necklace, 5 shell tubes, strung on multistrands braided/knotted vegetable fiber
Classification
  • Necklace
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Yahgan?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Argentina / Tierra del Fuego
Dimensions Overall: 41.5 x 0.9 x 0.9 cm (16 5/16 x 3/8 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object F111

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