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Object Number 96-25-70/49399
Display Title Necklace
Descriptions
Inventory Description Shell disks sewn to vegetable fiber cord, worked shell pendant, pieces missing
Classification
  • Necklace
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Mailu
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Papua New Guinea / <State> / <County> / <City> / Cape Nelson
Dimensions Overall: 45.2 x 9.2 x 3.1 cm (17 13/16 x 3 5/8 x 1 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 49399
Provenance
Collector Alexander Agassiz (1896)
Donor Donated by Alexander Agassiz (1896)

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