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Object Number
999-31-50/12966
Display Title
Copper pin
Descriptions
Object Description
Man's hair pin with clapper at end; currency?
Inventory Description
Pin, straight, tapered rod, perforated with loop and hanging bell-shaped pendant
Classification
- Pin
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Kuba
- Bushoong
- Kuba
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Congo
/
<State>
/
<County>
/
Mushenge
Africa / Congo / <State> / <County> / Nsheng
Africa / Congo / <State> / <County> / Nsheng
Materials
Copper, Copper alloy
Dimensions
Overall: 17.5 x 1.6 x 0.6 cm (6 7/8 x 5/8 x 1/4 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
999-31-50/12966
Credit Line
Gift of Monni Adams
Provenance
Collector
Joseph Cornet
(1976)
Donor
Dr. Monni Adams
(12/6/99)
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