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Object Number 99-12-50/53238
Display Title Fetish
Descriptions
Inventory Description Fetish?, braided/knotted vegetable fiber withcowries, nuts and claw on cord
Classification
  • Unclassified
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1899
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
Dimensions Overall: 23 x 11 x 1.9 cm (9 1/16 x 4 5/16 x 3/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 99-12-50/53238/ POISON
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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