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Object Number 99-12-50/53762
Display Title Fetish on cord
Descriptions
Inventory Description Charm, 5 perforated wood cones strung on vegetable fiber cord
Classification
  • Charm
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1899
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Ghana
Additional Geographic Terms Africa, Western
Dimensions Overall: 2 x 1.5 x 1.5 cm (13/16 x 9/16 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity 6
Label on object 99-12-50/53762
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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