Short bone hair pin with black geometric design

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Object Number 21-28-50/B2868.1

Display Title Short bone hair pin with black geometric design

Descriptions

Object Description Short, rounded bone hair pin with tapering ends. The slightly wider end has an incised black, striped geometric design. Peabody Number is painted on object with black paint.

Inventory Description Hair pin, faceted end, incised linear and geometric design, pointed end

Classification

Department Ethnographic

Culture

Babudu?

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Africa / Cameroon

Additional Geographic Terms West Africa

Materials Ivory, Pigment, Bone

Dimensions Overall: 11.5 x 0.5 x 0.6 cm (4 1/2 x 3/16 x 1/4 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 21-28-50/B2868.1

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Object Number	Title	Classification	Geography/Provenience
21-28-50/B2868	Short bone hair pin with black geometric design	Pin	Cameroon
21-28-50/B2868.2	Short rounded bone hair pin with black geometric design	Pin	Cameroon
16-43-50/B1478	Ivory hair pin	Pin	Sudan
32-61-50/B5245	Bone hair pin	Pin	Madagascar
04-45-50/64180.1	Bone hair ornament	Pin	Angola
17-41-50/B1721	Long ivory pin	Pin	Congo
31-22-50/B5014	Ivory hair pin	Pin	Belgian Congo
30-36-50/B4832	Bone hair pin or ornament	Pin	Liberia
17-41-50/B1751	Long ivory pin	Pin	Congo
30-65-50/H1177	Ivory hair pin	Pin	Congo
17-41-50/B1722	Long ivory pin	Pin	Congo
17-41-50/B1745	Long ivory pin	Pin	Congo

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