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Object Number 29-76-50/H1129
Display Title Shell container
Descriptions
Inventory Description Box, hollow shell sealed with lead, wood stopper with brass tacks, leather tie
Classification
  • Box
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Liberia
Dimensions Overall: 9.5 x 4.2 x 4.1 cm (3 3/4 x 1 5/8 x 1 5/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object H1129
Credit Line Museum Purchase, 1929

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