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Object Number 31-22-50/B5032
Display Title Child's bead necklet with two antelope horns
Descriptions
Object Description Child's necklace with glass beads and antelope horn . Single strand of red, blue and black beads strung on fiber. At the bottom is a cluster of short strands of white beads with two antelope horns in the center. Catalouge number us written in white on one of the horns.
Inventory Description Glass bead necklace, red/blk tubular, blue round, white bead/horn tip pendant
Classification
  • Necklace
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Luba-Samba
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Congo / Katanga?
Dimensions Overall: 20 x 4 x 1.8 cm (7 7/8 x 1 9/16 x 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object B-5032
Provenance
Collector Mr. E. I. Everett (1925-1930 - 1931)

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