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Short rounded bone hair pin with black geometric design
Short rounded bone hair pin with black geometric design
Object Number 21-28-50/B2868.2
Display Title Short rounded 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 and orange paint.
Inventory Description Hair pin, carved bone, spiral linear design, pointed ends
Classification
  • Pin
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Babudu?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms West Africa
Materials Ivory, Pigment, Bone
Dimensions Overall: 12.5 x 0.6 x 0.5 cm (4 15/16 x 1/4 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 21-28-50/B2868.2

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