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Object Number 98-3-50/51357.1
Display Title Fetish
Descriptions
Object Description Fetish (king fisher skulls) and bag
Inventory Description Skulls, kingfisher
Classification
  • Faunal
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
Additional Geographic Terms Congo River, probably
Materials Bird bone
Dimensions Overall: 7.4 x 2.4 x 2 cm (2 15/16 x 15/16 x 13/16 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 98-3-50/51357.1

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PrimaryMedia Object Number Title Classification Geography/Provenience SHARE
Fetish
98-3-50/51357 Fetish
Bag
Africa
Image Not Available for Portions of 14 or more skulls; fetish skulls
23-34-50/B3646 Portions of 14 or more skulls; fetish skulls
French Equatorial Africa
Head of horn bill = ganao bird
08-36-70/74427 Head of horn bill = ganao bird
Faunal
Eastern Lepanto
Northern Nueva Vizcaya
Skulls of monkeys
04-19-70/63419 Skulls of monkeys
Faunal
Borneo
Borneo
Image Not Available for Homo sapiens sapiens
23-34-50/B3646.0 Homo sapiens sapiens
Ethnographic
French Congo
Necklace, seeds and charms
85-9-30/38322 Necklace, seeds and charms
Necklace
Lima
Bird skin
93-14-10/49708 Bird skin
Faunal
Greenland
Jabiru beaks
30-54-70/D3452.4 Jabiru beaks
Faunal
Northern Territory
Arnhem Land
Jabiru beak
30-54-70/D3452.3 Jabiru beak
Faunal
Northern Territory
Arnhem Land
Jabiru beak
30-54-70/D3452.6 Jabiru beak
Faunal
Northern Territory
Arnhem Land
Jabiru beaks
30-54-70/D3452.5 Jabiru beaks
Faunal
Arnhem Land
Northern Territory
Jabiru beak
30-54-70/D3452.2 Jabiru beak
Faunal
Northern Territory
Arnhem Land