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Object Number 99-12-70/53283
Display Title Armlet
Descriptions
Inventory Description Armlet, multiple strands of vine woven into knot or band, old insect bore holes
Classification
  • Armband
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1899
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Fiji
Dimensions Overall: 9.8 x 8.7 x 2 cm (3 7/8 x 3 7/16 x 13/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 53283
Credit Line Gift of the Heirs of David Kimball, 1899
Provenance
Provenance Boston Museum
Donor David P. Kimball
Donor L. Cushing Kimball
Donor Augusta K. Horton

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