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Object Number
11-46-50/83131
Display Title
Witch doctor's necklace
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Necklace, red glass beads and white shell beads, on fiber cord, 3 strands
Classification
- Raw Material
- Necklace
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Umbundu
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Angola
Additional Geographic Terms
Benquilla, 300 mi east of
Materials
Shell, Glass, Vegetable fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 53 x 2.8 x 0.8 cm (20 7/8 x 1 1/8 x 5/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
11-46-50/83131
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