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Object Number 10-38-70/76392.1
Display Title Ear plug
Descriptions
Inventory Description Ear plug, carved bone, anthropomorphic figures, club shaped, vertical perforatio
Classification
  • Ear plug
  • Earring
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / France / French Polynesia / Marquesas Islands
Additional Geographic Terms Marquesas Islands
Materials Bone
Dimensions Overall: 5.6 x 0.9 x 0.8 cm (2 3/16 x 3/8 x 5/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 76392
Credit Line Gift of George L. Osgood Jr, 1910

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