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Object Number
84-8-70/33153
Display Title
Wooden dance club, decorated with shell
Descriptions
Object Description
Wooden dance club, decorated with shell
Inventory Description
Wooden club, conical ends, fiber band, white shell tassels
Classification
- Club
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Papua New Guinea
/
<State>
/
New Britain
Materials
Wood, Shell, Vegetable fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 140.3 x 9.8 x 8 cm (55 1/4 x 3 7/8 x 3 1/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
33153 / 109-45
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