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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
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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