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Object Number 96-25-70/49411
Display Title Ear ornaments of tortoise shell
Descriptions
Inventory Description Ear ornaments, worked tortoise shell, oval, slotted, perforated along edge
Classification
  • Ornament
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Papua New Guinea
Materials Tortoiseshell
Dimensions Overall: 8.4 x 6.1 x 0.1 cm (3 5/16 x 2 3/8 x 1/16 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 96-25-70/49411
Provenance
Collector Alexander Agassiz

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