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Object Number 90-17-70/49287
Display Title Anklets or armlets of human hair
Descriptions
Inventory Description Armlet, woven fiber bands with hair extensions attached, fiber tie at one end
Classification
  • Bracelet
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / France / French Polynesia
Additional Geographic Terms Marquesas Islands
Materials Hair, Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 28 x 20 x 6 cm (11 x 7 7/8 x 2 3/8 in.)
Quantity 2

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