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Bone hair pin wrapped with thread or hair in a banded pattern - carved design
Bone hair pin wrapped with thread or hair in a banded pattern - carved design
Object Number 05-31-50/64981.1
Display Title Bone hair pin wrapped with thread or hair in a banded pattern - carved design
Descriptions
Inventory Description Hair pin, hair wrapped with serrated and notched top
Classification
  • Hair ornament
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Zulu?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / South Africa / KwaZulu-Natal
Africa / South Africa / Zululand
Materials Bone, Animal hair, Unidentified fiber
Dimensions Overall: 26.4 x 1.1 x 0.2 cm (10 3/8 x 7/16 x 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 05-31-50/64981.1

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