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Object Number 64-48-50/10621
Display Title Pair of silver-mounted cameo earrings
Descriptions
Inventory Description Cameo earrings, metal, ivory, shell, silver setting, carved female head in each
Classification
  • Earring
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Kabyle
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Algeria / <State> / Azeffoun
Additional Geographic Terms Greater Kabylia: Port Gueydon
Materials Silver
Dimensions Overall: 3.7 x 1.3 x 0.9 cm (1 7/16 x 1/2 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 64-48-50/10621
Provenance
Donor Mrs. Norina L. Guede

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