Tightly woven hemp or grass armor vest with fur trim

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Object Number 64-2-70/4061

Display Title Tightly woven hemp or grass armor vest with fur trim

Descriptions

Inventory Description Woven reed breastplate with a banded fiber top, 4 tufts of fur, 1 of yarn

Classification

Breastplate

Department Ethnographic

Culture

West Dani

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Oceania / Indonesia
Oceania / New Guinea

Additional Geographic Terms Ilaka

Materials Reed, Vegetable fiber, Fur

Dimensions Overall: 42 x 45 x 4.5 cm (16 9/16 x 17 11/16 x 1 3/4 in.)

Quantity 1

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