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Neck ornament
Object Number 33-32-70/91
Display Title Neck ornament
Descriptions
Inventory Description Neck ornament, braided dark and light fiber strand, extensions of teeth at center and ends, hanging black feathers
Classification
  • Ornament
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Nauru Island
Materials Shark tooth, Fiber, Feather
Dimensions Overall: 39 × 28.5 × 5.5 cm (15 3/8 × 11 1/4 × 2 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 33-32-70/91
Provenance
Collector Antonie Brandeis

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