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Object Number 39-58-70/1479
Display Title Small carnelian beads
Descriptions
Object Description Small carnelian beads
Inventory Description Carnelian beads, red, five beads of various shapes, one large round smooth, one small round smooth, one large round faceted, one small round faceted, one trapezoidal faceted, perforations through center of each
Classification
  • Bead
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / British North Borneo / Interior Residency of North Borneo
Additional Geographic Terms Kapong Pauh
Materials Carnelian
Dimensions Overall (measurement of large round faceted): 1.5 × 1.7 × 1.7 cm (9/16 × 11/16 × 11/16 in.)
Quantity 5
Label on object 39-58-70/1479

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