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Object Number
31-22-50/B5014
Display Title
Ivory hair pin
Descriptions
Object Description
Ivory hair pin with a thick solid triangular head, tapering to a short shaft and a pointed tip. Peabody Number is painted on object with black paint.
Inventory Description
Pin, pointed shaft, tapered to pyramid shape, rectangular flat top
Classification
- Pin
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Belgian Congo
Materials
Hippopotamus ivory
Dimensions
Overall: 7.4 x 3.2 x 2.1 cm (2 15/16 x 1 1/4 x 13/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
31-22-50/B5014
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