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Object Number
18-20-70/D1142
Display Title
Set of earrings: rings of turtle shell edged with nasca shells
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Earrings, tortoise shell open discs, outer edge sewn with shell beads, I broken
Classification
- Earring
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
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Papua New Guinea
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<State>
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New Britain
Materials
Tortoiseshell, Plant fiber, Shell
Dimensions
Overall: 3.7 x 4.2 x 0.9 cm (1 7/16 x 1 5/8 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity
8
Label on object
D1142
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