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Object Number
96-25-70/49402
Display Title
Shell ornament for breast
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Necklace, crescent shaped shell pendant, punctate design, broken, mended
Classification
- Necklace
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Papua New Guinea
Additional Geographic Terms
Port Moresby Region
Materials
Shell, Vegetable fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 12.5 x 10.7 x 2 cm (4 15/16 x 4 3/16 x 13/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
49402
Provenance
Collector
Alexander Agassiz
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