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Object Number 32-49-50/76
Display Title Headwoman's neckpiece of old beads and rings
Descriptions
Inventory Description Necklace, metal rings and disks, glass beads, braided fiber cord, 11 and 3 stran
Classification
  • Necklace
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Mende
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Liberia / <State> / <County> / Ganta
Dimensions Overall: 36 x 18.4 x 1.8 cm (14 3/16 x 7 1/4 x 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 32-49-50/76
Provenance
Collector Dr. George W. Harley (1932)
Seller Dr. George W. Harley (1932)

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