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Object Number 13-24-60/D2145
Display Title Beetle necklace
Descriptions
Inventory Description Necklace, 5 blue-green iridescent beetles strung with glass and metal beads
Classification
  • Necklace
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Naga
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / India / Assam
Dimensions Overall: 10.2 x 10.8 x 1.8 cm (4 x 4 1/4 x 11/16 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object D-2145
Credit Line Peabody Museum Expedition, 1912-1913
Provenance
Expedition Dr. Roland Burrage Dixon (1912-1913)

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