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Object Number
39-17-70/1256
Display Title
Pair of woven fibre armbands; red, yellow, and black ("shemshin")
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
Shemshin
Object Description
Pair of woven fibre armbands; red, yellow, and black ("shemshin")+
Inventory Description
Armlets, woven fiber band, yellow and red linear and square designd, 1 seam
Classification
- Armlet
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Luelala Moraid
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
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Dutch New Guinea
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Sainke Doek
Additional Geographic Terms
Luelala Moraid
Materials
Vegetable fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 8.3 x 5.3 x 2.9 cm (3 1/4 x 2 1/16 x 1 1/8 in.)
Quantity
2
Label on object
39-17-70/1256
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