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Object Number 48-36-50/7309
Display Title Towolo's ceremonial red brass necklace
Descriptions
Inventory Description Necklace, seven links, looped on both ends, wrapped center, connected
Classification
  • Necklace
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Mano
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Liberia
Intrasite 65:27:3
Additional Geographic Terms Mogbin
Materials Brass
Dimensions Overall: 28 x 10 x 2.8 cm (11 x 3 15/16 x 1 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 48-36-50/7309
Provenance
Donor Dr. George W. Harley

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