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Object Number 99-15-70/53934
Display Title Dance girdle
Descriptions
Inventory Description Belt, braided and looped plant fiber, shell decoration
Classification
  • Belt
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Samoa
Dimensions Overall: 198.5 x 9 x 2 cm (78 1/8 x 3 9/16 x 13/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 53934
Provenance
Collector Dr. William McMichael Woodworth

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