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Object Number 32-49-50/66
Display Title String of old trade beads
Descriptions
Object Description String of old trade beads, including 5 comparatively recent reproductions of the "father" type of old aggrey beads
Inventory Description Necklace, large glass beads, multi-color and size, fiber cord ties
Classification
  • Raw Material
  • Necklace
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Mende
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Liberia / <State> / <County> / Ganta
Dimensions Overall: 28 x 17 x 2.7 cm (11 x 6 11/16 x 1 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Provenance
Collector Dr. George W. Harley
Seller Dr. George W. Harley (1932)

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