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Object Number 23-33-50/B3531
Display Title Iron hair pin
Descriptions
Inventory Description Pin, tapered to point on one end, twisted, flattened semi-circle at top
Classification
  • Pin
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Angola
Additional Geographic Terms West Africa
Materials Iron
Dimensions Overall: 18.5 x 1.3 x 0.4 cm (7 5/16 x 1/2 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 23-33-50/B3531
Provenance
Collector William C. Bell (before 1923)

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