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Object Number
96-25-70/49403
Display Title
Head band
Descriptions
Object Description
Head band
Inventory Description
Headdress, woven fiber band tapering to ties, discoidal shell and tooth applique
Classification
- Headdress
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Papua New Guinea
Materials
Vegetable fiber, Shell, Animal tooth
Dimensions
Overall: 30 x 6 x 2.8 cm (11 13/16 x 2 3/8 x 1 1/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
49403
Provenance
Collector
Alexander Agassiz
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