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Object Number
47-54-70/2495
Display Title
Tortoise shell nose pendant
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Nose ring, tortoise shell, open ring with large perforation, slit at base
Classification
- Nose ornament
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Solomon islands
/
<State>
/
Santa Cruz Island
Additional Geographic Terms
Santa Cruz Islands
Materials
Tortoiseshell
Dimensions
Overall: 3.9 x 4 x 0.7 cm (1 9/16 x 1 9/16 x 1/4 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
47-54-70/2495; D.26.923 / SANTA CRUZ
Provenance
Owner
Otago Museum
(1947)
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