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Object Number
66-32-70/5850
Display Title
Woven band decorated with cowrie shells; used as exchange objects in funerals
Descriptions
Object Description
Woven band decorated with cowrie shells; used as exchange objects in funerals
Inventory Description
Belt, woven plant fiber band, cowrie shell, feathers and fur sewn one side
Classification
- Belt
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
New Guinea
Additional Geographic Terms
Netherlands; Grand Valley of the Baliem
Dimensions
Overall: 220 x 6.3 x 0.9 cm (86 5/8 x 2 1/2 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
66-32 / Property of Karl Heider
Provenance
Provenance
Unknown
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