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Object Number 00-8-70/55557
Display Title Shell necklace
Descriptions
Inventory Description Necklace, twisted plant fiber string with small perforated shell beads
Classification
  • Necklace
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Marshall Islands
Dimensions Overall: 27 x 2.6 x 1.4 cm (10 5/8 x 1 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1

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