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Object Number 34-34-50/279
Display Title Wooden hairpin with metal bindings
Descriptions
Inventory Description Carved wooden hairpin, carved top, incised, metal bands, tapered point.
Classification
  • Pin
  • Raw Material
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Gio
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Liberia
Materials Wood, Metal
Dimensions Overall: 25 x 1.2 x 1.2 cm (9 13/16 x 1/2 x 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 34-34-50/279
Provenance
Collector Alfred J. Tulk (1933)
Donor Donated by Alfred J. Tulk (1934)

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