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Magatama (supposedly from China)
Magatama (supposedly from China)
Object Number 80-21-60/22421.2
Display Title Magatama (supposedly from China)
Descriptions
Object Description Magatama (supposedly from China). Carved curved green-grey U-shaped bead with one perforation at one end.
Inventory Description Bead, magatama, green-grey stone
Classification
  • Bead
Department Ethnographic
Date ca. 380
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / Japan / <State> / <County> / Yamato
Materials Stone
Dimensions Overall: 1.7 x 1 x 0.4 cm (11/16 x 3/8 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 2####
Provenance
Collector Prof. Edward Sylvester Morse (1879 - 1880)

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