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Object Number 39-39-50/3564
Display Title Woman's necklace of bent stick covered with black, white, and red beadwork, join
Descriptions
Indigenous Term njunju
Object Description Woman's necklace of bent stick covered with black, white, and red beadwork, joined with piece of leather (njunju)
Inventory Description Necklace, wood loop covered w/ glass seed beads hide/vegetable fiber wrap 1 end
Classification
  • Necklace
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Bwamba
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Uganda
Additional Geographic Terms Bundibugyo; Fort Portal, 40 miles west of
Dimensions Overall: 21.7 x 15.2 x 1.7 cm (8 9/16 x 6 x 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 39-39-50/3564

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