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Object Number 00-8-70/55734
Display Title Ear ornament of vegetable rings
Descriptions
Inventory Description Ornament, 3 white shell discs on linked wood rings, some incised, 1 bone bead
Classification
  • Ornament
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Federated States of Micronesia / <State> / Truk Island
Additional Geographic Terms Caroline Islands
Dimensions Overall: 66 x 4.2 x 2 cm (26 x 1 5/8 x 13/16 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 00-8-70/55734/ 55734

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