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Object Number
18-20-70/D1150
Display Title
Breast ornament of boar's tusks, long central piece edged with nasca +
Descriptions
Object Description
Breast ornament of boar's tusks, long central piece edged with nasca shells
Inventory Description
Necklace, basketry center piece with shells, two tusks, broken shell chain
Classification
- Necklace
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
Shell, Plant fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 37.5 x 17.7 x 3.6 cm (14 3/4 x 6 15/16 x 1 7/16 in.)
Quantity
3
Label on object
D-1150; (105846.)
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