Needle of pig rib (dlisu)

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Object Number 64-18-70/4256

Display Title Needle of pig rib (dlisu)

Descriptions

Inventory Description Needle, carved bone, curved, eye at one end strung with fiber cord

Classification

Needle

Department Ethnographic

Culture

Dani

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Oceania / New Guinea
Oceania / Indonesia

Additional Geographic Terms Grand Valley of the Baliem River; Kutelu Area

Materials Bone, Plant fiber

Dimensions Overall: 15.5 x 0.4 x 0.2 cm (6 1/8 x 3/16 x 1/16 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 64-18-70/4256

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