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Object Number 32-49-50/84
Display Title String of brass, copper and glass beads
Descriptions
Inventory Description Necklace, fiber string with blue glass, brass and copper beads
Classification
  • Necklace
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Mende
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Liberia / <State> / <County> / Ganta
Dimensions Overall: 18 x 1.3 x 1.3 cm (7 1/16 x 1/2 x 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 32-49-50/84
Provenance
Collector Dr. George W. Harley
Seller Dr. George W. Harley (1932)

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