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Object Number
08-34-70/73881
Display Title
Shell disc worn as head or breast ornament
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Ornament, white shell disk overlay of openwork tortoise shell, fiber cord
Classification
- Ornament
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Solomon islands
Materials
Shell, Tortoiseshell, Fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 10.1 x 10.9 x 0.6 cm (4 x 4 5/16 x 1/4 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
73881
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