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Object Number
53-14-50/9642
Display Title
Leather and silver ornament, worn by women every day
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
Khomeissa
Inventory Description
Pendant, leather with worked silver diamonds attached, silver corroded
Classification
- Pendant
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Tuareg
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Algeria
Additional Geographic Terms
Algerian Sahara
Materials
Leather, Silver
Dimensions
Overall: 5.8 x 5.8 x 0.8 cm (2 5/16 x 2 5/16 x 5/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Provenance
Collector
Dr. Lloyd Cabot Briggs
(1953 - 1953)
Donor
Dr. Lloyd Cabot Briggs
(1953 - 1953)
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