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Object Number
99-12-50/53239
Display Title
Fetish
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Claw or horn piece, perforated and strung on knotted and twisted veg fiber cord
Classification
- Unclassified
Department
Ethnographic
Date
before 1899
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
Materials
Animal claw, Horn, Vegetable fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 51.5 x 4.5 x 1 cm (20 1/4 x 1 3/4 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
99-12-50/53239
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99-12-50/53238 | Fetish |
Unclassified
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Africa
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Accessory
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Africa
| |
| 99-12-50/53237 | Fetish |
Unclassified
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Africa
| |
| 99-12-50/53236 | Bundle of fetishes |
Bundle
|
Africa
| |
| 99-12-50/53754 | Antelope horn fetish on cord |
Charm
|
Ghana
| |
| 985-27-10/59067 | Zuni stone fetish. Animal shape. Eyes are the only discernible feature. Bundle o |
Fetish
|
New Mexico
| |
| 87-10-50/40892 | Claws of ? perforated for ornament |
Pendant
|
Mozambique
| |
| 21-28-50/B2829.1 | Fetish, suspended from roof of hut inside to protect the house |
Raw Material
Medicine bundle |
Cameroon
| |
| 99-12-50/53759 | Fetish on cord |
Charm
|
Ghana
| |
| 21-28-50/B2829.2 | Fetish, suspended from roof of hut inside to protect the house |
Medicine bundle
Raw Material |
Cameroon
| |
| 22-2-50/B3032.1 | Divining "bundle" |
Medicine bundle
|
Cameroon
| |
| 21-28-50/B2838 | Horn fetish |
Raw Material
Medicine bundle |
Cameroon
|