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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
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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