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Object Number
05-31-50/64981
Display Title
Bone hair pin wrapped with thread or hair in a banded pattern - carved design
Descriptions
Object Description
Bone hair pin wrapped with thread or hair in a banded pattern - carved design at one end. Peabody Number is painted on object with black paint.
Inventory Description
Hair pin, hair wrapped with serrated and perforated top
Classification
- Hair ornament
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Zulu?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
South Africa
/
KwaZulu-Natal
Africa / South Africa / Zululand
Africa / South Africa / Zululand
Materials
Bone, Animal hair, Unidentified fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 21.6 x 1.6 x 0.3 cm (8 1/2 x 5/8 x 1/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
05-31-50/64981
Provenance
Collector
Herman R. P. Cochran
(before 1899 - 1905)
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