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Object Number
07-45-70/72739
Display Title
Amulets
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Ornaments, carved anthropomorphic figure, knobbed head, white bead, fiber
Classification
- Ornament
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Papua New Guinea
Additional Geographic Terms
Meosboendi Wiak, Biak, Island; Schouten group; Geelvink Bay
Materials
Wood, Glass, Vegetable fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 34.2 x 6.7 x 1.8 cm (13 7/16 x 2 5/8 x 11/16 in.)
Quantity
2
Label on object
72739
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