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Object Number 20-33-60/D1388
Display Title Charms worn about neck
Descriptions
Inventory Description Necklaces, blue glass beads strung on fiber, three cotton triangles with tassles
Classification
  • Necklace
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / Syria / <State> / <County> / Damascus
Dimensions Overall: 45.5 x 7 x 1.5 cm (17 15/16 x 2 3/4 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity 5
Label on object D1388

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Media Restricted
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