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Object Number 61-7-30/8258
Display Title 7 bone pendants attached to bamboo hair rod - ceremonial
Descriptions
Inventory Description 3 groups of reeds, threaded with cotton string, fringed, cotton ring.
Classification
  • Ornament
  • Raw Material
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Canela
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Brazil / Maranhao / <County> / Barra do Corda / Ponto
South America / Brazil / Maranhao / <County> / Barra do Corda / Baixao Preto
Materials Reed, Cotton
Dimensions Overall: 66.5 x 9.5 x 1.1 cm (26 3/16 x 3 3/4 x 7/16 in.)
Quantity 1
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