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Object Number 47-73-70/2797
Display Title Man's seed and fur girdle
Descriptions
Inventory Description Belt, woven fiber waistband, seed fringe, buff and orange fur pompom ends
Classification
  • Belt
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Papua New Guinea
Additional Geographic Terms Sepik, Upper; Wogumas
Dimensions Overall: 31 x 26 x 2.8 cm (12 3/16 x 10 1/4 x 1 1/8 in.)
Quantity 9
Label on object 47-73-70/2797

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Belt
Fiji
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Sculpture
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Tools
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