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Object Number 65-46-50/10831
Display Title Tortoise shell container
Descriptions
Inventory Description Ornament, tortoise shell filled with unknown (resin?) material
Classification
  • Ornament
  • Raw Material
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Ovimbundu
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Angola
Additional Geographic Terms West Africa: Angloa; Chileso
Materials Tortoiseshell
Dimensions Overall: 12 x 7 x 4.9 cm (4 3/4 x 2 3/4 x 1 15/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 65-46-50/10831, 10831

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Tortoise shell container
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