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Object Number 05-31-50/64981.4
Display Title Bone hair pin with thread or hair and bead embellishments
Descriptions
Object Description Bone hair pin with thread or hair and bead embellishments. Peabody Number is painted on object with black paint.
Inventory Description Hair pin, bone, both ends pointed, hair wrapped with pink and green bead deco
Classification
  • Hair ornament
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Zulu?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / South Africa / Zululand
Africa / South Africa / KwaZulu-Natal
Dimensions Overall: 21.6 x 0.5 x 0.5 cm (8 1/2 x 3/16 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 64981.4

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