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Object Number 40-2-60/6124
Display Title Woman's ornamental ear plugs - bone, cylindrical shape, decorated at both ends
Descriptions
Object Description Woman's ornamental ear plugs - bone, cylindrical shape, decorated at both ends with red seeds & small white beads set in pitch
Inventory Description Ear plugs, bone tubes filled with resin, glass bead and red seed decoration
Classification
  • Earring
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Chrao
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / Vietnam
Additional Geographic Terms Indochina: Cochin China
Dimensions Overall: 4.5 x 3.5 x 3.5 cm (1 3/4 x 1 3/8 x 1 3/8 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 40-2-60/6124

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