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Armlet
Armlet
Armlet

Armlet

Artist Artist unrecorded
Dateca 1982
Place madeMIDDLE SEPIC RIVER AREA, PAPUA NEW GUINEA, OCEANIA
Mediumorganic, fiber
Dimensions1 15/16 x 5 in. (4.9 x 12.7 cm)
ClassificationsAdornment
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, Gift of Dr. Marshall Clinard Ph. D., A.1989.38.7
Object numberA.1989.38.7
DescriptionFive rows of shells at one end, and long triangular section of plain knitted cord at other; plain section appears as snout of crocodile, with shells inset in raised loops as eyes and one circular shell at point of "snout". Armband has second, plain "jaw" underneath, fitting on back side of armband.
On View
Not on view
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