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Object Number
23-46-70/D1751.3
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
Oceania / Australia / Western Australia
Materials
Shell, Gum
Dimensions
Overall: 4.8 × 3.5 × 3 cm (1 7/8 × 1 3/8 × 1 3/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
D1751.3
Provenance
Collector
E. Clement
(1922)
Seller
Unknown
(2/26/1923)
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