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Object Number 64-18-70/4288
Display Title Charm for luring women (pokom) large seed or nut?
Descriptions
Inventory Description Charm, white nut or seed with red spots, smooth
Classification
  • Charm
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Dani
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / New Guinea
Oceania / Indonesia
Additional Geographic Terms Grand Valley of the Baliem River; Kutelu Area
Materials Nut?, Seed?
Dimensions Overall: 2.7 x 2.7 x 2 cm (1 1/16 x 1 1/16 x 13/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 64-18-70/4288

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