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Object Number 32-68-70/D4004
Display Title Human Hair belt
Descriptions
Inventory Description Belt, large loop of coiled strands of twisted hair
Classification
  • Shaft, modified
  • Belt
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Australia / Western Australia
Oceania / Australia / Western Australia / Kimberley
Additional Geographic Terms Port George IV
Materials Hair
Dimensions Overall: 34.6 x 20 x 2.3 cm (13 5/8 x 7 7/8 x 7/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Provenance
Collector Penn Museum (1907)
Seller University of Pennsylvania (4/11/1932-5/9/1932)

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