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Object Number
48-56-70/3114
Display Title
String of shell money
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Beads, white shell and black coconut disks and 1 vertebra on fiber cord
Classification
- Bead
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
Additional Geographic Terms
Melanesia
Dimensions
Overall: 39.7 x 0.7 x 0.7 cm (15 5/8 x 1/4 x 1/4 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
48-56-70/3114
Provenance
Collector
Dr. Harry Clark
(1917 - 1948)
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