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Object Number 07-45-70/72680
Display Title Pair of ear pendants
Descriptions
Inventory Description Earrings, tortoise shell rings, carved white shell pendants with 8 projections
Classification
  • Earring
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Papua New Guinea
Additional Geographic Terms Djamna; North Coast New Guinea; Humbolt Bay, West of
Dimensions Overall: 3.2 x 2.8 x 2.4 cm (1 1/4 x 1 1/8 x 15/16 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 72680

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