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Object Number 37-98-70/821
Display Title Wooden neck ring worn by men only on feast days
Descriptions
Indigenous Term nite, ajaite
Inventory Description Necklace, carved wood, oval, ridged, tapered on both sides, top disk with wire
Classification
  • Necklace
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Dutch East Indies / <State> / Nias Island / Soliga / Soliga
Additional Geographic Terms Central
Materials Wood, Metal
Dimensions Overall: 27.3 x 20.6 x 2.7 cm (10 3/4 x 8 1/8 x 1 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 37-98-70/821

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