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Object Number 64-18-70/4454
Display Title Cowrie shell band - exchange object (jetak)
Descriptions
Inventory Description Ornament, woven fiber band decorated with cowries, fur, pig tails, and bird skin
Classification
  • Ornament
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Dani
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / New Guinea
Oceania / Indonesia
Additional Geographic Terms Grand Valley of the Baliem River; Kutelu Area
Dimensions Overall: 341 x 13.7 x 3.2 cm (134 1/4 x 5 3/8 x 1 1/4 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 64-18-70/4454

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Cowrie shell band (jetak) exchange valuable
64-18-70/4456 Cowrie shell band (jetak) exchange valuable
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Indonesia
Cowrie shell band - exchange object (jetak)
64-18-70/4455 Cowrie shell band - exchange object (jetak)
Belt
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Indonesia
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Tools
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New Guinea
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Belt
New Guinea
Indonesia
Woven band decorated with cowrie shells; used as exchange objects in funerals
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Belt
New Guinea
Exchange stone (je holi) decorated with braid, seed skirt and furs
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Tools
Indonesia
New Guinea
Cowrie shell covered neck band - part of medicine man's costume
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Cow skin strip with tail and cowrie shells - part of medicine man's +
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Cowrie shell band - exchange item (jetakegen)
64-18-70/4453 Cowrie shell band - exchange item (jetakegen)
Belt
New Guinea
Indonesia
Cowrie shell band (yetak) - exchange object
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Belt
New Guinea
Indonesia
Exchange stone (je) decorated with braid; skirt; furs
64-18-70/4460 Exchange stone (je) decorated with braid; skirt; furs
Art 3-D
Indonesia
New Guinea
Hyena skin and cowrie shell bandolier - part of medicine man's costume
35-50-50/1384 Hyena skin and cowrie shell bandolier - part of medicine man's costume
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Tanganyika