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Object Number 27-56-70/D2743
Display Title Bamboo ear rings
Descriptions
Inventory Description Earrings, cut bamboo curved and fed through its perforation, oval
Classification
  • Earring
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 Bamboo
Dimensions Overall: 5.5 x 4.5 x 0.8 cm (2 3/16 x 1 3/4 x 5/16 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object D-2743

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