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Object Number 39-17-70/1138
Display Title Man's brown bark cloth breech clout
Descriptions
Inventory Description Bark cloth, brown, folded, hjoles, frayed edges
Classification
  • Bark cloth
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Madik
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Dutch New Guinea / <State> / <County> / <City> / Sanke Doek
Materials Bark
Dimensions Overall: 30 x 26 x 1.9 cm (11 13/16 x 10 1/4 x 3/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 39-17-70/1138

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