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13 minute gold cylindrical beads (each ca. 1 mm long) 22 mm total length
13 minute gold cylindrical beads (each ca. 1 mm long) 22 mm total length
Object Number 976-60-20/24990
Display Title 13 minute gold cylindrical beads (each ca. 1 mm long) 22 mm total length
Descriptions
Inventory Description Metal, gold beads, tubular, tiny, fasened to black velvet square with red string
Classification
  • Metal
Department Archaeological
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Costa Rica
Materials Gold
Dimensions Overall: 0.1 x 0.1 x 0.1 cm (1/16 x 1/16 x 1/16 in.)
Quantity 13
Label on object 976-60-20/24990

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Metal
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Media Restricted
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Media Restricted
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Baking pot
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Ornament
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Pendant
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Pendant
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Image Not Available for Sound recordings, digital. 06-009-F. Harvard Peabody Expedition to Netherlands New Guinea, Michael Rockefeller and Karl Heider, 1961. A copy of OT 11647. CD 13: CD Tracks 1-6: Regions 01-06, OT 11647 (8/30/61, tape 1?). Total time 22:02.
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Music
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Pendant
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Ornament
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Raw Material
Discoidal Bead
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Pendant
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