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Object Number
21-28-50/B2868
Display Title
Short bone hair pin with black geometric design
Descriptions
Object Description
Short, rounded bone hair pin with tapering ends. The slightly wider end has an incised black, striped geometric design. Peabody Number is painted on object with black and orange paint.
Inventory Description
Hair pin, carved bone, incised and pigmented linear design, blunt end
Classification
- Pin
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Babudu?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms
West Africa
Materials
Ivory, Pigment, Bone
Dimensions
Overall: 13 x 0.6 x 0.5 cm (5 1/8 x 1/4 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
21-28-50/B2868
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21-28-50/B2868.1 | Short bone hair pin with black geometric design |
Pin
|
Cameroon
| |
| 21-28-50/B2868.2 | Short rounded bone hair pin with black geometric design |
Pin
|
Cameroon
| |
| 32-61-50/B5245 | Bone hair pin |
Pin
|
Madagascar
| |
| 16-43-50/B1478 | Ivory hair pin |
Pin
|
Sudan
| |
| 04-45-50/64180.1 | Bone hair ornament |
Pin
|
Angola
| |
| 30-36-50/B4832 | Bone hair pin or ornament |
Pin
|
Liberia
| |
| 31-22-50/B5014 | Ivory hair pin |
Pin
|
Belgian Congo
| |
| 30-65-50/H1177 | Ivory hair pin |
Pin
|
Congo
| |
| 17-41-50/B1721 | Long ivory pin |
Pin
|
Congo
| |
| 17-41-50/B1749 | Long ivory pin |
Pin
|
Congo
| |
| 05-31-50/64980 | Decorated double-sided bone comb/pin |
Comb
|
KwaZulu-Natal
Zululand | |
| 17-41-50/B1736 | Long ivory pin |
Pin
|
Congo
|