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Object Number 11-46-50/83169.22
Display Title Cowrie shell from 11-46-50/83148
Descriptions
Inventory Description Tooth
Classification
  • Medicine bundle
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Umbundu
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Angola
Additional Geographic Terms Benquilla, 300 mi east of
Dimensions Overall: 1.7 x 0.6 x 0.7 cm (11/16 x 1/4 x 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 83169.22
Credit Line Museum Purchase, Huntington Frothingham Wolcott Fund, 1911

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Organic material from 11-46-50/83148
11-46-50/83169.35 Organic material from 11-46-50/83148
Medicine bundle
Angola
Organic material from 11-46-50/83148
11-46-50/83169.27 Organic material from 11-46-50/83148
Medicine bundle
Angola
Shell from 11-46-50/83148
11-46-50/83169.20 Shell from 11-46-50/83148
Medicine bundle
Angola
Ornament from 11-46-50/83148
11-46-50/83169.21 Ornament from 11-46-50/83148
Medicine bundle
Angola
Fetish bundle from 11-46-50/83148
11-46-50/83169.1 Fetish bundle from 11-46-50/83148
Medicine bundle
Angola
Seed pod from 11-46-50/83148
11-46-50/83169.30 Seed pod from 11-46-50/83148
Medicine bundle
Angola
Plant cone from 11-46-50/83148
11-46-50/83169.29 Plant cone from 11-46-50/83148
Medicine bundle
Angola
Seed pod from 11-46-50/83148
11-46-50/83169.28 Seed pod from 11-46-50/83148
Medicine bundle
Angola
Fetish bundle from 11-46-50/83148
11-46-50/83169.25 Fetish bundle from 11-46-50/83148
Medicine bundle
Angola
Plant material from 11-46-50/83148
11-46-50/83169.31 Plant material from 11-46-50/83148
Medicine bundle
Angola
Miniature single load from 11-46-50/83148
11-46-50/83165 Miniature single load from 11-46-50/83148
Medicine bundle
Angola
Four antelope horns from 11-46-50/83148
11-46-50/83155 Four antelope horns from 11-46-50/83148
Medicine bundle
Angola