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Object Number 99-12-50/53683
Display Title Neck ornament with amulets?
Descriptions
Inventory Description Necklace, 3 rectangular cotton covered wood pendants, cotton cord, multi-colored
Classification
  • Necklace
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1899
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
Materials Cotton, Wood
Dimensions Overall: 49 x 23.5 x 1.8 cm (19 5/16 x 9 1/4 x 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 99-12-50/53683
Credit Line Gift of the Heirs of David Kimball, 1899
Provenance
Owner David Kimball (1873)
Owner Peale Museum (1813? 1827?)
Donor David Kimball
Donor Augusta K. Horton
Donor L. Cushing Kimball

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