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Object Number
18-20-70/D1144
Display Title
Set of earrings: tortoise shells rings edged with nasca shells on +
Descriptions
Object Description
Set of earrings: tortoise shells rings edged with nasca shells on +
Inventory Description
Earrings, tortoise shell, edged with white shell, perforated, strung
Classification
- Raw Material
- Earring
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Papua New Guinea
/
<State>
/
New Britain
Materials
Tortoiseshell, Shell, Plant fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 8 x 4.7 x 4 cm (3 1/8 x 1 7/8 x 1 9/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
D-1144 (105842.)
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