Wooden hairpin

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Object Number 32-68-70/D4046

Display Title Wooden hairpin

Descriptions

Inventory Description Ornament, carved wood, cylindrical with tapered ends, burned design

Classification

Ornament

Department Ethnographic

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Oceania / Australia / Tasmania / Montgomery Islands

Materials Wood

Dimensions Overall: 22.3 x 1 x 1 cm (8 3/4 x 3/8 x 3/8 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object D4046

Provenance

Collector Penn Museum (1901)

Seller Unknown (04/11/1932-05/09/1932)

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