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Object Number 63-29-70/4075
Display Title Long fur back piece (helepulaka) - with 22 fur pieces
Descriptions
Inventory Description Skirt or back piece, woven fiber belt, hanging furred tassels
Classification
  • Belt
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Dani
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / New Guinea
Additional Geographic Terms Grand Valley of the Baliem River; Kutelu Area
Dimensions Overall: 64 x 32.5 x 7 cm (25 3/16 x 12 13/16 x 2 3/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 63-29-70/4075

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Long fur back piece (helepulake) - 38 fur pieces
63-29-70/4074 Long fur back piece (helepulake) - 38 fur pieces
Belt
Indonesia
New Guinea
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Belt
Indonesia
New Guinea
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64-18-70/4440 Furred back piece (lupuhelake) and extra furs of forest marsupials - +
Skirt
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Indonesia
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2004.1.282 Furred tassels fallen off from belt or back piece
Belt
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Pouch
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New Guinea
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Raw Material
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Hide
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