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Object Number 94-14-70/51529
Display Title Girdle
Descriptions
Inventory Description Woven fiber band, fringed end, rough edges, textured geometric weave pattern
Classification
  • Woven
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Vanuatu
Dimensions Overall: 40 x 16 x 10 cm (15 3/4 x 6 5/16 x 3 15/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 51529

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