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Object Number
48-51-70/3212
Display Title
Bracelet-like white shell ornaments held together by string
Descriptions
Object Description
Bracelet-like white shell ornaments held together by string
Inventory Description
Bracelets, white shell rings, tied with plant fiber cord
Classification
- Bracelet
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
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Federated States of Micronesia
/
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Yap Islands
Additional Geographic Terms
Caroline Islands
Materials
Shell, Plant fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 6.2 x 6.1 x 0.9 cm (2 7/16 x 2 3/8 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity
6
Label on object
48-51-70/3212
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![[No folder title]: Portrait of ≠Gisa (daughter of /Gasa and wife of Dam) showing her ornaments and strings of ostrich eggshell beads (print is a cropped image)](/internal/media/dispatcher/748932/postagestamp)
