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Object Number 17-24-70/D864
Display Title Charms worn around neck, hanging behind
Descriptions
Inventory Description Sculpture, anthropomorphic figure, knobbed head, fiber cord, pigmented
Classification
  • Sculpture
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Papua New Guinea
Dimensions Overall: 33.7 x 2.3 x 2.2 cm (13 1/4 x 7/8 x 7/8 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object D-864

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