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Object Number 2004.29.23595
Display Title Slab of Tridacna (shell) with fretwork
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Solomon Islands / Melanesia / Tridacna Shell Vella Lavella I. Solomon Gp."; written on photograph: "2610"
Department Photographic
Culture
  • Solomon Island
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Solomon islands / <State> / Vella lavella island
Dimensions Overall: 20.955 × 15.875 cm (8 1/4 × 6 1/4 in.)
Provenance
Collector Dr. Roland Burrage Dixon

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