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Object Number
29-43-50/B4727
Display Title
Necklace with snuff pendant
Descriptions
Object Description
Necklace with spool pendant.
Beaded necklace with spool pendant.
The object is composed of three single strands of red, black, jade and pink colored beads. A spool shaped pendant lined with red, black and pink beads decorate outer surface hand from the beaded chain.
Identifying numbers:
Two Peabody Museum catalogue numbers have been applied to the sides of the spooled-shaped paendant in black ink.
Inventory Description
Necklace, 3 strand glass bead, bead wrapped bamboo tube pendant, plugged
Classification
- Necklace
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Bantu speaking peoples
- Zulu
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
South Africa
Materials
Glass, Bamboo, Wood
Dimensions
Overall: 34 x 5 x 3 cm (13 3/8 x 1 15/16 x 1 3/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
B-4727
Provenance
Collector
James Sturgis Pray
(1929)
Donor
Benjamin S. Pray
(1929)
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