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Tobacco net decorated with feathers, cocoons, and bones
Tobacco net decorated with feathers, cocoons, and bones
Object Number 63-29-70/4090
Display Title Tobacco net decorated with feathers, cocoons, and bones
Descriptions
Object Description Tobacco net decorated with feathers, cocoons, and bones
Inventory Description Bag, netted fiber on oval reed frame, feather, vertebra, and coccoon decor
Classification
  • Bag
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Dani
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / New Guinea
Oceania / Indonesia
Additional Geographic Terms Grand Valley of Baliem River; Kutelu Area
Materials Feather, Vegetable fiber, Reed, Bone, Cocoon
Dimensions Overall: 32.4 x 31.4 x 3.3 cm (12 3/4 x 12 3/8 x 1 5/16 in.)
Quantity 11
Label on object 63-29-70/4090

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