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Object Number
11-2-70/83928
Display Title
Pu (shell trumpet)
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
Pu
Inventory Description
Shell bugle, conch shell with round perforation near pointed end
Classification
- Shell
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Samoa
Materials
Shell
Dimensions
Overall: 38 x 30 x 16 cm (14 15/16 x 11 13/16 x 6 5/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Provenance
Collector
Dr. William McMichael Woodworth
(1896-1900 - 1911)
Donor
Dr. William McMichael Woodworth
(1911)
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