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Object Number
31-49-60/D3779
Display Title
Rosary made of human bone
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Necklace, strand of bone beads and carved bone ornaments
Classification
- Shaft, modified
- Necklace
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia
/
Tibet
Materials
Plant fiber, Bone
Dimensions
Overall: 37 x 3.7 x 1.8 cm (14 9/16 x 1 7/16 x 11/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
31-49-60/D3779
Provenance
Collector
David C. Graham
(1930)
Donor
Donated by
Dr. Alfred M. Tozzer
(1931)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33-76-60/310 | Bone rosary - tibetan style |
Necklace
|
Mongolia
| |
| 34-50-60/564 | Rosary of bone, coral, silver, malachite beads |
Bead
|
Tibet
| |
| 973-11-70/5294A | Rosaries, appear to be made of varnished nuts |
Rosary
|
Papua New Guinea
| |
| 973-11-70/5294C | Rosaries, appear to be made of varnished nuts |
Rosary
|
Papua New Guinea
| |
| 973-11-70/5294B | Rosaries, appear to be made of varnished nuts |
Rosary
|
Papua New Guinea
| |
| 89-39-30/54386 | Rosary of wooden beads |
Necklace
Raw Material |
Paraguay
| |
| 2004.16.1 | Wood rosary |
Special
|
Chihuahua
| |
|
Media Restricted
| 14-32-60/85915 | Strand of beads made from human (?) cranium |
Shaft, modified
Bead |
Mongolia
| |
| 987-24-10/60645 | Double-strand hairpipe necklace made of sixteen segments of bone "hairpipe". |
Necklace
|
North Dakota
| |
| 34-34-50/262 | Mohammedan rosary of wooden beads |
Bead
|
Liberia
| |
| 35-10-60/16290.1.63 | Hand holding a rosary |
Gansu
Tibet | ||
|
Image Not Available
for String of beads, rosary
| 31-49-60/D3843 | String of beads, rosary |
Szechuan Province
|