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Object Number
17-41-50/B1933
Display Title
Small necklace with seed pods
Descriptions
Object Description
Necklace of various and alternating seed pods strung on strands of plant fiber, plied at the ends.
Inventory Description
Necklace of beads made of seed pods strung on plant fiber braided at ends
Classification
- Necklace
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Bashilele
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Zaire
Materials
Seed, Fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 37 x 2 cm (14 9/16 x 13/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Provenance
Collector
Lt. G. Mackenzie
(1880's-1890's)
Dealer
William O. Oldman
(1917)
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