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Job's tears - string of beads
Job's tears - string of beads
Object Number 37-77-50/2940
Display Title Job's tears - string of beads
Descriptions
Inventory Description Necklace, white seed beads, strung on cotton.
Classification
  • Necklace
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Mano
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Liberia
Additional Geographic Terms Ganta, vicinity of
Materials Seed, Cotton
Dimensions Overall: 14 x 12 x 1.2 cm (5 1/2 x 4 3/4 x 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 37-77-50/2940
Provenance
Donor Dr. George W. Harley

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