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Object Number 998-26-50/12943
Display Title Bracelet
Descriptions
Object Description Heavy bracelet with large geometric terminal decorations; currency
Inventory Description Bracelet, u-shaped ring, incised and painted knobs on either end
Classification
  • Bracelet
Department Ethnographic
Date 20th century
Culture
  • Tuareg
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
Additional Geographic Terms North Africa
Materials Brass
Dimensions Overall: 12.7 x 11.43 x 1.27 cm (5 x 4 1/2 x 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 998-26-50/12943
Credit Line Gift of Mark S. Rapoport, MD, School of Public Health '73, and Jane C. Hughes, Radcliffe '67
Provenance
Collector Mark S. Rapoport (1990 or later - 12/28/98)
Donor Mark S. Rapoport (1990 or later - 12/28/98)

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