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Object Number
18-20-70/D1239
Display Title
Decorated penis shell
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Ornament, shell, incised and darkened linear design on exterior
Classification
- Ornament
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Papua New Guinea
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Papua New Guinea
Additional Geographic Terms
Admiralty Islands
Materials
Shell
Dimensions
Overall: 7.3 x 4.5 x 3.6 cm (2 7/8 x 1 3/4 x 1 7/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
D-1239; (106934)
Provenance
Collector
Joseph Field Expedition
Seller
Field Museum of Natural History
(1918)
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