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Object Number 85-7-70/37702
Display Title Disks of shell and wood on string
Descriptions
Object Description Disks of shell and wood on string
Inventory Description Beads, discoidal, shell, wood? on string
Classification
  • Bead
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Kiribati / Gilbert Islands
Dimensions Overall: 20.8 x 0.7 x 0.7 cm (8 3/16 x 1/4 x 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 37702

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