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Object Number
05-57-00/72167
Display Title
Shell necklace
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Necklaces, cowrie shells cut and bound with fiber twine, ends looped and tied
Classification
- Necklace
Department
Ethnographic
Materials
Cowrie, Vegetable fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 51.3 x 2.6 x 1.6 cm (20 3/16 x 1 x 5/8 in.)
Quantity
2
Label on object
72167
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