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Object Number 2016.14.53
Display Title Giraffe hair necklace
Descriptions
Object Description Giraffe hair necklace, 60 hairs wide, with four large, white, ovoid beads
Inventory Description Necklace, ring of multiple strands of giraffe hair, secured with four wrapped hair fasteners, four white plastic beads
Classification
  • Necklace
Department Ethnographic
Date 1962-1964 or earlier
Culture
  • Bahima
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Uganda
Additional Geographic Terms Ankole Kingdom
Dimensions Overall: 4 × 16 × 0.7 cm (1 9/16 × 6 5/16 × 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 2016.14.53
Credit Line Gift of Elizabeth Hopkins
Provenance
Collector Dr. Elizabeth Hopkins (1962-1964)
Donor Donated by Dr. Elizabeth Hopkins (6/30/2016)

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