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Bailer shell neck piece with nassa snail shell bands
Bailer shell neck piece with nassa snail shell bands
Object Number 64-18-70/4452
Display Title Bailer shell neck piece with nassa snail shell bands
Descriptions
Inventory Description Necklace, woven fiber band, sewn shells outer side, large shell pendant
Classification
  • Necklace
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Dani
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Indonesia
Oceania / New Guinea
Additional Geographic Terms Grand Valley of the Baliem River; Kutelu Area
Materials Plant fiber, Shell
Dimensions Overall: 57.5 x 17.6 x 2.6 cm (22 5/8 x 6 15/16 x 1 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 64-18-70/4452

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