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Object Number 07-45-70/72645
Display Title Band of opossum skin, in 07-45-70/72643
Descriptions
Object Description Band of opossum skin, in 07-45-70/72643
Inventory Description Animal skin, strip of buff and orange mottled fur, partially balding, perforated
Classification
  • Skin
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Papua New Guinea
Additional Geographic Terms Humbolt Bay
Materials Animal skin
Dimensions Overall: 35 x 8.1 x 1 cm (13 3/4 x 3 3/16 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 72645

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