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Tambuti - string of wooden beads, rubbed with grease and red powdered stone
Tambuti - string of wooden beads, rubbed with grease and red powdered stone
Object Number 56-57-50/9853
Display Title Tambuti - string of wooden beads, rubbed with grease and red powdered stone
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Tambuti
Inventory Description Necklace, carved wooden beads strung on vegetable fiber
Classification
  • Necklace
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Kgalagari
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
Additional Geographic Terms Africa, Southwest: Bechuanaland; Chukudu, near
Materials Wood, Vegetable fiber
Dimensions Overall: 31 x 2.8 x 0.6 cm (12 3/16 x 1 1/8 x 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 56-57-50/9853
Provenance
Expedition Peabody Museum Southwest Africa Expedition

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