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Crab? Claw armlets
Object Number 27-56-70/D2735
Display Title Crab? Claw armlets
Descriptions
Inventory Description Ornament, cut crab claws missing pincers strung on looped braided fiber
Classification
  • Ornament
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Papua New Guinea / <State> / <County> / <City> / Village of Kowel
Additional Geographic Terms Maro River, about 60 mi from mouth of
Materials Crab claw, Vegetable fiber
Dimensions Overall: 32 x 19 x 6.5 cm (12 5/8 x 7 1/2 x 2 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object D-2735

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