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Object Number
985-17-50/12056
Display Title
Necklace
Descriptions
Object Description
Necklace with pendant. Spade shaped silver pendant with conical balls on four corners. Etched design on one side and Taureg script script etched on the other. 12 thin leather like strings tightly braided for the clasp on one end with a light brown and white woven leather tip on the other. Length: 30 cm.
Inventory Description
Necklace, multiple thin leather strands, incised metal pendant, nodes at corners
Classification
- Necklace
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Tuareg
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
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Niger
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<County>
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Niamey
Materials
Metal, Leather, Silver, German silver
Dimensions
Overall: 31 x 5.9 x 0.9 cm (12 3/16 x 2 5/16 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
985-17-50/12056
Provenance
Collector
Robin H. Mix
(1985)
Collector
Kendall A. Mix
(1985)
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