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Object Number 99-7-70/52348.2
Display Title Dried roots, white
Descriptions
Inventory Description Dried roots
Classification
  • Root
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Fiji
Dimensions Overall: 9.2 x 4.5 x 3.1 cm (3 5/8 x 1 3/4 x 1 1/4 in.)
Quantity 3
Label on object 52348
Provenance
Donor Donated by Dr. William McMichael Woodworth

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