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Object Number
37-32-50/2422
Display Title
Metal necklace - put on young woman and hammered shut
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Neckring, wide band, angled outer edge, incised, slit opening
Classification
- Necklace
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Bene
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms
Cameroon, southern: Mbalmayon, vicinity of
Materials
Bronze
Dimensions
Overall: 12.9 x 12.3 x 3 cm (5 1/16 x 4 13/16 x 1 3/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
37-32-50/2422
Provenance
Collector
Silas E. Johnson
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