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Object Number
67-10-70/284
Display Title
Gorget of wood
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Necklace, wood slats, serrated edge, imprinted wax, braided fiber cord
Classification
- Necklace
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
France
/
French Polynesia
Additional Geographic Terms
Marquesas Islands
Materials
Pith Wood , Plant fiber , Wax Resin?
Dimensions
Overall: 33 x 32.5 x 4 cm (13 x 12 13/16 x 1 9/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
284/ 284/ MHS/ An Ornamented Collar/ from the N.W. Coast of America/ gift of Cap
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