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Bead and beetle leg necklace
Bead and beetle leg necklace
Object Number 10-58-30/82874
Display Title Bead and beetle leg necklace
Descriptions
Inventory Description Necklaces, black beetle legs and glass beads, white/blue/pink, cotton string.
Classification
  • Raw Material
  • Necklace
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Atorai
  • Wapishana
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / British Guiana
South America / Guyana
Materials Beetle leg, Glass, Cotton
Dimensions Overall: 51 x 0.5 x 0.4 cm (20 1/16 x 3/16 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity 2

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