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Object Number
31-22-50/B5006.1
Display Title
Beads, cowrie and pig
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Carved wooden animal, four glass beads, one cowrie shell, from pouch 31-22-50/B5006.
Classification
- Communication artifacts
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Urusindu?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Belgian Congo
Materials
Glass Wood Cowrie
Dimensions
Overall (Measurement of carved animal): 8.8 × 2.2 × 1.4 cm (3 7/16 × 7/8 × 9/16 in.)
Quantity
6
Label on object
31-22-50/B5006.1
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Ornament
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Liberia
| |
| 2004.1.614 | Ornament, leather fringe with cowrie shells, brass bells and blue beads |
Ornament
|
Asia?
| |
| 998-18-50/12826 | Armband with cowrie shells |
Armlet
|
Zaire
| |
| 998-18-50/12838 | Necklace with cowrie shells |
Necklace
|
Zaire
| |
| 38-44-50/3297 | Skin pouch - decorated with beads and cowrie shells |
Bottle
|
Sudan
| |
| 998-18-50/12837 | Necklace with cowrie shells |
Necklace
|
Zaire
| |
| 08-25-50/73551 | Belt, fiber tube covered with cowrie shells, leather tassels with 2 blue beads a |
Belt
|
Kenya
| |
| 998-18-50/12827 | Armband with cowrie shells |
Armlet
|
Zaire
| |
| 998-18-50/12828 | Armband with cowrie shells |
Armlet
|
Zaire
| |
| 998-18-50/12830 | Armband with cowrie shells |
Armlet
|
Zaire
| |
| 998-18-50/12831 | Armband with cowrie shells |
Armlet
|
Zaire
| |
| 998-18-50/12825 | Armband with cowrie shells |
Armlet
|
Zaire
|