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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
Materials
Seed, Shell, Vegetable fiber
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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