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Object Number 39-15-60/3311
Display Title Crystal replica of knuckle bone - used as attachment on a tobacco bag
Descriptions
Object Description Crystal replica of knuckle bone - used as attachment on a tobacco pouch, for slipping through the girdle
Inventory Description Ornament, carved crystal replica of joint bone, perforated
Classification
  • Ornament
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Mongolian
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / Mongolia
Materials Crystal
Dimensions Overall: 3.3 x 1.8 x 2.4 cm (1 5/16 x 11/16 x 15/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 39-15-60/3311
Provenance
Collector Owen Lattimore (ca. 1932)
Donor Donated by John Coddington (1939)

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