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Object Number
96-25-70/49405
Display Title
Bandoleer or band of coconut fibre with cypraea shells attached
Descriptions
Object Description
Bandoleer or band of coconut fibre with cypraea shells attached
Inventory Description
Necklace, braided plant fiber strand with discoidal shell beads sewn one side
Classification
- Necklace
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Papua New Guinea
Materials
Plant fiber, Shell
Dimensions
Overall: 41.2 x 1.4 x 0.8 cm (16 1/4 x 9/16 x 5/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Provenance
Collector
Alexander Agassiz
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