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Object Number 36-105-70/447
Display Title Length of tambu (nasa shells) - used as money
Descriptions
Inventory Description Ornament, U shaped white beads on bundled red vegetable fiber
Classification
  • Ornament
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Nor-Papua
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / New Guinea
Additional Geographic Terms Mandated Territory: Kaup, on coast; Sepik River, 40 mi. west of
Dimensions Overall: 45 x 1.1 x 0.6 cm (17 11/16 x 7/16 x 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 36-105-70/447

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