Prepared cowrie shell, aperture filled with gum

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Object Number 23-46-70/D1751.2

Display Title Prepared cowrie shell, aperture filled with gum

Descriptions

Inventory Description Ornament, large cowrie shell, filled with gum

Classification

Ornament

Department Ethnographic

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Oceania / Australia / Western Australia / Kimberley
Oceania / Australia / Western Australia

Materials Shell, Gum

Dimensions Overall: 4.7 × 3.2 × 3.2 cm (1 7/8 × 1 1/4 × 1 1/4 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object D1751.2

Provenance

Collector E. Clement (1922)

Seller Unknown (2/26/1923)

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