Organic bone ornament, earplug, broken, round disk with knobbed end

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Object Number 15-12-50/B1278

Display Title Organic bone ornament, earplug, broken, round disk with knobbed end

Descriptions

Object Description Organic bone ornament, earplug, broken, round disk with knobbed end

Inventory Description Organic, bone ornament, earplug, broken, round disk with knobbed end

Classification

Ornament

Department Archaeological

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Africa / Sudan / Dongola / <County> / <City> / Kerma

Intrasite KX, Grave K 1039

Materials Bone

Dimensions Overall: 2.1 x 2 x 0.7 cm (13/16 x 13/16 x 1/4 in.)

Quantity 2

Label on object B1278

Provenance

Collector George A. Reisner (1913)

Expedition Harvard University- Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition (1913)

Lender Boston Museum of Fine Arts (1915)

Donor Donated by Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (1929)

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