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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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