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Beaded head ornament
Object Number 2000.29.98
Display Title Beaded head ornament
Descriptions
Object Description Beaded head ornament with coins and metal pieces
Inventory Description Headdress, rolled fiber cord headband with glass bead and metal decoration
Classification
  • Headdress
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Africa / Nigeria
Africa / Chad
Materials Glass, Metal, Vegetable fiber
Dimensions Overall: 56 x 18 x 1.5 cm (22 1/16 x 7 1/16 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 2000.29.98
Credit Line Gift of Mark Rapoport, MD and Jane Hughes
Provenance
Collector Mark S. Rapoport (12/25/00)
Donor Jane Hughes (12/25/2000)
Donor Mark S. Rapoport (12/25/00)

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