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Object Number
88-51-50/51516
Display Title
Bracelet of teeth, beads, and shell
Descriptions
Object Description
Bracelet
Inventory Description
Bracelet, teeth, tubular and round glass beads, shells, tubular bone beads.
Classification
- Bracelet
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Africa?
Materials
Tooth, Glass, Bone, Cowrie, Cotton
Dimensions
Overall: 9.6 x 10 x 1.5 cm (3 3/4 x 3 15/16 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
88-51-50/51516
Provenance
Collector
New Orleans Exposition
(1884)
Donor
Smithsonian Institution
(1888)
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