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Object Number
17-20-30/F112
Display Title
Necklace of shells
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Necklace, blue irridescent snail shells, woven into vegetable fiber cord, stiff
Classification
- Necklace
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Yahgan?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America
/
Argentina
/
Tierra del Fuego
Materials
Shell, Vegetable fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 27.4 x 1.2 x 1.1 cm (10 13/16 x 1/2 x 7/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
F112
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