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String of 5 white porcelain beads
String of 5 white porcelain beads
Object Number 32-49-50/74
Display Title String of 5 white porcelain beads
Descriptions
Inventory Description Necklace, white glass beads, fiber cord
Classification
  • Necklace
  • Raw Material
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Mende
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Liberia / <State> / <County> / Ganta
Materials Glass, Vegetable fiber
Dimensions Overall: 12 x 11.8 x 1.7 cm (4 3/4 x 4 5/8 x 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 32-49-50/74
Provenance
Collector Dr. George W. Harley
Seller Dr. George W. Harley (1932)

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