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Object Number
2020.3.2
Display Title
Conch shell
Descriptions
Object Description
Conch shell
Inventory Description
Shell, conch, white, spiral to point, open lip
Classification
- Shell
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Hadza
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Tanzania
Materials
Shell
Dimensions
Overall: 8.9 × 6.1 × 4.7 cm (3 1/2 × 2 3/8 × 1 7/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
2020.3.2
Credit Line
Gift of Frank Marlowe, Anthropologist, and the Hadza people of Tanzania
Provenance
Collector
Frank W. Marlowe
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020.3.1 | Conch shell |
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