Clam shell nose plug - straight, pointed ends – Objects

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Object Number 40-12-70/1564

Display Title Clam shell nose plug - straight, pointed ends

Descriptions

Inventory Description Nose plug, carved shell peg, tapered ends

Classification

Nose ornament

Department Ethnographic

Culture

Siwai

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Oceania / Solomon islands / <State> / Bougainville Island

Materials Shell

Dimensions Overall: 8.2 x 0.9 x 0.9 cm (3 1/4 x 3/8 x 3/8 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 40-12-70/1564

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