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Object Number
17-41-50/B1953
Display Title
Fetish collar covered with cowries
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Headband, cloth-covered vegetable fiber ring, shell, button, glass bead decorat
Classification
- Headband
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Congo
Dimensions
Overall: 24 x 23 x 4.5 cm (9 7/16 x 9 1/16 x 1 3/4 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
17-41-50/B1953
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17-41-50/B1959 | Wristlet set with cowries |
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|
Congo
| |
| 34-28-50/202 | Butter basket and cowries |
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|
Abyssinia
| |
| 2003.1.1025 | Ornament fragments, 1 organic matter & resin ring, 2 cowries w/ organic matter |
Ornament
|
Liberia
| |
| 17-41-50/B1975 | Belt with cowries |
Belt
|
Congo
| |
| 17-41-50/B1976 | Belt with cowries |
Belt
|
Congo
| |
| 2003.1.1007 | Shells, 3 cowries w/cut tops, flat spiral shells of varying sizes |
Shell
| ||
| 34-91-50/403 | 4 leather belts sewn with cowries |
Belt
|
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| |
| 973-25-50/11648 | Poro mask, wood, cloth, cowries, hair (or feathers) and metal, 11.5 + |
Raw Material
Mask |
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| |
| 2004.24.30385B | Painted ceremonial mask with beads and cowries |
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| ||
| 2004.24.30328 | Mask (painted ceremonial) with beads and cowries |
Zaire
| ||
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|
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| |
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|
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|