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Object Number
99-12-50/53237
Display Title
Fetish
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Tooth, perforated, on twisted vegetable fiber cord, knotted
Classification
- Unclassified
Department
Ethnographic
Date
before 1899
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
Materials
Tooth, Vegetable fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 22.4 x 9.4 x 5 cm (8 13/16 x 3 11/16 x 1 15/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
99-12-50/53237
Credit Line
Gift of the Heirs of David Kimball, 1899
Provenance
Provenance
Boston Museum
Donor
David P. Kimball
Donor
Augusta K. Horton
Donor
L. Cushing Kimball
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99-12-50/53239 | Fetish |
Unclassified
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Africa
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| 99-12-50/53238 | Fetish |
Unclassified
|
Africa
| |
| 49-14-50/8276 | Boy's foot ball made of leaves. Mpira - rubber in Swahili |
Unclassified
|
Nyasaland
| |
| 09-27-30/75017 | Wash cloth |
Unclassified
|
South America
| |
| 88-51-10/48043 | Louse catcher |
Unclassified
|
New Mexico
| |
| 2003.1.420 | Ceramic tab, crescent-like, curled, perforated, knotted hide loop |
Unclassified
| ||
| 99-12-50/53763 | Fetish on cord, boar's tusk |
Raw Material
Ornament |
Ghana
| |
| 99-12-50/53761 | Fetish on cord |
Charm
|
Ghana
| |
| 99-12-50/53762 | Fetish on cord |
Charm
|
Ghana
| |
| 99-12-50/53754 | Antelope horn fetish on cord |
Charm
|
Ghana
| |
| 99-12-50/53759 | Fetish on cord |
Charm
|
Ghana
| |
| 21-28-50/B2866 | Fetish |
Charm
Raw Material |
Cameroon
|