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Object Number 13-24-60/D2133
Display Title Hair ornament for boys
Descriptions
Inventory Description Ornament, porcupine quill, sharpened to point at one end
Classification
  • Ornament
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Naga
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / India / Assam
Dimensions Overall: 15.7 x 0.6 x 0.6 cm (6 3/16 x 1/4 x 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 13-24-60/D2133

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