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Object Number 33-32-70/48.1
Display Title Palm leaf charms
Descriptions
Object Description Palm leaf charms
Inventory Description Ornament, palm fronds, leaves knotted along stalks
Classification
  • Ornament
Department Ethnographic
Materials Palm frond
Dimensions Overall: 51 x 25.5 x 2 cm (20 1/16 x 10 1/16 x 13/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 33-32-70/48; VII 23887
Provenance
Collector Antonie Brandeis

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