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Object Number
32-49-50/68
Display Title
2 peculiar large hollow china beads
Descriptions
Object Description
Peculiar large hollow china beads
Inventory Description
Beads, large ceramic beads, oval, painted, multicolored, incised
Classification
- Bead
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Mende
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Liberia
/
<State>
/
<County>
/
Ganta
Materials
Ceramic, Pigment
Dimensions
Overall: 4.4 x 3.5 x 3.5 cm (1 3/4 x 1 3/8 x 1 3/8 in.)
Quantity
2
Label on object
32-49-50/68
Provenance
Collector
Dr. George W. Harley
(1932)
Seller
Dr. George W. Harley
(1932)
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