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Object Number
40-24-50/5079
Display Title
Girl's necklace - ostrich shell discs
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Ostrich shell necklace, discoidal, flat, white, twisted vegetable fiber string
Classification
- Necklace
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Topotha
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
Additional Geographic Terms
Anglo-Egyptian Sudan: Kapoeta
Materials
Ostrich eggshell, Vegetable fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 18.7 x 1.2 x 1.2 cm (7 3/8 x 1/2 x 1/2 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
40-24-50/5079
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