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Fetish
Object Number 988-18-50/12484
Display Title Fetish
Descriptions
Object Description Fetish
Inventory Description Ornament, brown cotton bundle, cylindrical, black and brown thread ties.
Classification
  • Ornament
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Dan
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Ivory Coast
Materials Cotton, Pigment, Cloth, Donkey hair, Goat hair, Goat horn, Medicinal substance
Dimensions Overall: 17.5 x 4.3 x 3.5 cm (6 7/8 x 1 11/16 x 1 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 988-18-50/12484
Provenance
Provenance Yaro Malam (10/87-8/88)
Collector Christopher B. Steiner (10/87-8/88 - 12/6/88)
Donor Christopher B. Steiner (10/87-8/88 - 12/6/88)

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