Shell money and animal tails

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Object Number 48-56-70/3075

Display Title Shell money and animal tails

Descriptions

Object Description Shell money and animal tails

Inventory Description Five animal tails strung with discoidal shell beads and seed beads on cord

Classification

Ornament

Department Ethnographic

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Oceania / Papua New Guinea

Materials Animal material, Shell, Vegetable fiber

Dimensions Overall: 23.6 x 7.3 x 1.7 cm (9 5/16 x 2 7/8 x 11/16 in.)

Quantity 5

Label on object 48-56-70/3075

Provenance

Collector Dr. Harry Clark (1917 - 1948)

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