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Object Number
87-10-50/40892
Display Title
Claws of ? perforated for ornament
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Pendant?, 3 animal claws, perforated, 2 strung on vegetable fiber cord
Classification
- Pendant
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Mozambique
Additional Geographic Terms
East Africa, central: Mongue; Inhambane
Materials
Animal claw, Vegetable fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 3.4 x 3 x 0.9 cm (1 5/16 x 1 3/16 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity
3
Label on object
87-10-50/40892
Provenance
Collector
E. H. Richards
(1886)
Donor
Donated by
Prof. J. H. Thayer
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