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Object Number 15-11-10/A2131
Display Title Bone beads on string
Descriptions
Inventory Description Organic, bone beads, tubular, on twisted fiber cord
Classification
  • Bone
Department Archaeological
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Arizona / Navajo County / <City> / Burial Cave
Intrasite General digging
Additional Geographic Terms Marsh Pass; Kin boo koo Canyon
Materials Bone, Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 24.1 x 0.8 x 0.8 cm (9 1/2 x 5/16 x 5/16 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object A2131
Provenance
Provenance Samuel J. Guernsey (1915)
Provenance Mr. Robert G. Fuller (1915)
Provenance Peabody Museum Expedition (1915)

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