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Object Number 25-46-70/D2411
Display Title Hair belt and 2 pearl shell pendants
Descriptions
Inventory Description Belt of coiled hair, two oval shell discs with grooved and painted red designs
Classification
  • Shaft, modified
  • Belt
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Australia / Western Australia / Kimberley / Sunday Island
Oceania / Australia / Western Australia
Additional Geographic Terms King Sound
Materials Human hair, Shell, Pigment, Plant fiber
Dimensions Overall: 36.5 x 1.8 x 1.9 cm (14 3/8 x 11/16 x 3/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object D-2411
Credit Line Museum Purchase, Huntington Frothingham Wolcott Fund, 1925
Provenance
Intermediary Mrs. Walter Badenach (1924)
Seller Unknown (1925)

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