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Cocoon necklace (giniginig)
Object Number 63-29-70/4137
Display Title Cocoon necklace (giniginig)
Descriptions
Inventory Description Necklace, twisted fiber cordage, multiple hanging cocoon pendants, cocoons of varying sizes
Classification
  • Necklace
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • West Dani
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / New Guinea
Oceania / Indonesia
Additional Geographic Terms Gonda, Swart, Valley
Materials Fiber , Cocoon
Dimensions Overall: 18 × 14 × 4 cm (7 1/16 × 5 1/2 × 1 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 63-29-70/4137

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