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Image Not Available for String of drilled ostrich shell beads strung on sinew
String of drilled ostrich shell beads strung on sinew
Image Not Available for String of drilled ostrich shell beads strung on sinew
Object Number 51-60-50/8779
Display Title String of drilled ostrich shell beads strung on sinew
Descriptions
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • San
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
Additional Geographic Terms Gautsche Pan; Kai Kai, 10-20 mi. west of
Provenance
Expedition Peabody Museum Expedition (Summer 1951)

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PrimaryMedia Object Number Title Classification Geography/Provenience SHARE
2 trimmed and drilled ostrich shell beads
51-60-50/8778 2 trimmed and drilled ostrich shell beads
Bracelet
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Pouch
Botswana
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Bead
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Bead
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Image Not Available for Beads, ostrich egg shell in string
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Hunting fetish bear with white heart bead eyes; abalone arrow point held on back with two turquoise beads, three coral beads and 13 white shell beads strung on sinew
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Zuni
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2001.29.30788 "Ostrich egg shell bead making": Close-up of Di!ai (Xama's daughter) smoothing strung ostrich eggshell beads (print is a cropped image)
Nama Pan
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Gautscha
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Necklace
Tucano?