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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
Materials
Vegetable fiber, Shell
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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