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Object Number 47-73-70/2908
Display Title Woven and colored grass apron - chief's
Descriptions
Inventory Description Woven fiber, rectangular, brown and buff geometric designs, openwork end, fringe
Classification
  • Woven
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Vanuatu / <State> / Malo Island
Dimensions Overall: 130 x 39 x 3 cm (51 3/16 x 15 3/8 x 1 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 47-73-70/2908

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