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Pendant
Western Han dynasty (206 BCE–9 CE)
Not on view
The peculiar shape of this ornament has led some to associate it with a turtle. Earrings with similar projections, and whose dates concur in part with the Han, have been found at sites in Taiwan, North Vietnam, Cambodia, and the Philippines, pointing to a vigorous maritime trade among early cultures along the South China
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