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Object Number 30-61-70/D3695
Display Title Bag with bone twirler, decorated with boar's teeth and yellow +
Descriptions
Object Description Bag with bone twirler, decorated with boar's teeth and yellow +
Inventory Description Woven fiber bag, decorated with piece of wood, bone twirler, boar teeth and pig
Classification
  • Bag
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Papua New Guinea
Dimensions Overall: 32 x 41 x 8.6 cm (12 5/8 x 16 1/8 x 3 3/8 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 30-61-70/D3695 / 337492

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Bag
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Ornament
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Utilized bone
Raw Material
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Pendant
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Boar's tusk or shell
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Ornament
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Ornament
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Point
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Ornament
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Bag
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Utilized bone
Raw Material
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