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Gourd tool kit: pig bone needle (alilu); cymian shell strip (melili); powder
Gourd tool kit: pig bone needle (alilu); cymian shell strip (melili); powder
Object Number 63-29-70/4156
Display Title Gourd tool kit: pig bone needle (alilu); cymian shell strip (melili); powder
Descriptions
Object Description Gourd tool kit: pig bone needle (alilu); cymian shell strip (melili); powder for cowrie shell (wagomgatak); w cocoons (ombadali) with 1 cowrie (sibatipari)
Inventory Description Case, gourd container and lid, filled with cocoons?, separate bone needle
Classification
  • Case
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • West Dani
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Indonesia
Oceania / New Guinea
Additional Geographic Terms Gudime Plateua
Materials Gourd, Cocoon, Bone
Dimensions Overall: 14.6 x 4.2 x 4.2 cm (5 3/4 x 1 5/8 x 1 5/8 in.)
Quantity 3
Label on object 63-29-70/4156

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