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Object Number
64-18-70/4456
Display Title
Cowrie shell band (jetak) exchange valuable
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Long and narrow woven fiber band, yellow and reddish fibers woven into band, cowrie shells sewn to band in between fiber decorations, fur with skin attached in four places, fur attached at either end and at two places on band
Classification
- Currency
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Dani
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Indonesia
Oceania / New Guinea
Oceania / New Guinea
Additional Geographic Terms
Grand Valley of the Baliem River; Kutelu Area
Dimensions
Overall (fully extended): 199.5 × 6 × 4 cm (78 9/16 × 2 3/8 × 1 9/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
64-18-70/4456
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