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Object Number 64-18-70/4402
Display Title Baby's bark breech cloth
Descriptions
Inventory Description Bark cloth, strip, tied in center, folded over on one side, stitching other side
Classification
  • Felted
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Dani
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / New Guinea
Oceania / Indonesia
Additional Geographic Terms Grand Valley of Baliem; Kutelu Area
Dimensions Overall: 29 x 3.3 x 1 cm (11 7/16 x 1 5/16 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 64-18-70/4402

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