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Object Number 30-65-50/H1238
Display Title Bracelet, elephant's tail hair and ivory
Descriptions
Object Description Bracelet, elephant's tail hair and ivory
Inventory Description Bracelet, multiple strands of knotted elephant hair, 4 grooved ivory beads
Classification
  • Bracelet
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Bobwa?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Congo
Additional Geographic Terms Faradje and Buta; between
Dimensions Overall: 6.9 x 6.4 x 0.7 cm (2 11/16 x 2 1/2 x 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 30-65-50/H/1238

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