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Object Number
37-98-70/837
Display Title
Wooden base ring for gold head ornament worn by chief
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
simamaoe eoe
Inventory Description
Headband?, carved wood ring, four incised projections, cracked and mended
Classification
- Headband
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Dutch East Indies
/
<State>
/
Nias Island
/
Soliga
/
Soliga
Additional Geographic Terms
Central
Materials
Wood, Pigment
Dimensions
Overall: 6.1 x 24.2 x 24.6 cm (2 3/8 x 9 1/2 x 9 11/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
37-98-70/837
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