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Object Number 37-98-70/830
Display Title Ring
Descriptions
Indigenous Term ladjoeroe gima
Object Description Ring
Inventory Description Ring, carved shell, tapered toward outer edge
Classification
  • Ring
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Dutch East Indies / <State> / Nias Island / Soliga / Soliga
Additional Geographic Terms Central
Materials Shell
Dimensions Overall: 4 x 4 x 1.5 cm (1 9/16 x 1 9/16 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 37-98-70/830

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