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Object Number 40-12-70/1568
Display Title Ornament of blue beads with 4 shells hanging off on strings
Descriptions
Inventory Description Necklace, strand of blue glass beads with four hanging shell pendants
Classification
  • Necklace
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Siwai
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Solomon islands / <State> / Bougainville Island
Dimensions Overall: 32.4 x 5.6 x 1.4 cm (12 3/4 x 2 3/16 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 40-12-70/1568

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