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Object Number 64-18-70/4307
Display Title Double pig tusks - fixed together as nose ornament (wamaik)
Descriptions
Classification
  • Ornament
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Dani
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Indonesia
Oceania / New Guinea
Additional Geographic Terms Grand Valley of the Baliem River; Kutelu Area
Materials Tusk , Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 9.5 × 8.5 × 1 cm (3 3/4 × 3 3/8 × 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 64-18-70/4307

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