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Object Number 23-47-70/D1799
Display Title Chief's woman's belt of beads
Descriptions
Inventory Description Belt, plant fiber cord with white discoidal shell beads, tortoise shell pendant
Classification
  • Belt
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Solomon islands
Additional Geographic Terms Santa Cruz Islands
Dimensions Overall: 52.8 x 9.2 x 1.2 cm (20 13/16 x 3 5/8 x 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object D-1799

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