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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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