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Object Number 49-14-50/7728
Display Title Shell necklace and disc
Descriptions
Inventory Description Necklace, round whitish glass beads, discoidal white shell pendant, veg fiber
Classification
  • Necklace
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Misuku
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Nyasaland
Additional Geographic Terms Misuku Mountains; Wilindi Forest, near
Dimensions Overall: 30.1 x 4.8 x 4.4 cm (11 7/8 x 1 7/8 x 1 3/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 49-14-50/7728

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