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Object Number 24-49-70/D2128
Display Title Prepared skull
Descriptions
Inventory Description Clay over human skull, shell eyes, hair attached, painted, cracked
Classification
  • Ethnographic
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Papua New Guinea
Dimensions Overall: 15 x 26 x 18.5 cm (5 7/8 x 10 1/4 x 7 5/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object D2128

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