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Dance ornament
Object Number 33-32-70/112
Display Title Dance ornament
Descriptions
Inventory Description Ornament, woven fiber, rectangular, folded, shells and feather, torn
Classification
  • Ornament
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Nauru Island
Materials Plant fiber, Feather, Shell, Dye?
Dimensions Overall: 50 x 9.4 x 0.3 cm (19 11/16 x 3 11/16 x 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 33-32-70/112
Provenance
Collector Antonie Brandeis

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