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Object Number 99-12-60/53369
Display Title Clove necklace
Descriptions
Inventory Description Necklace, seven strands of clove beads, joined together with round nut beads
Classification
  • Necklace
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1899
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / Sri Lanka
Additional Geographic Terms Ceylon
Dimensions Overall: 51 x 5.1 x 1.1 cm (20 1/16 x 2 x 7/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 53369
Credit Line Gift of the Heirs of David Kimball, 1899
Provenance
Provenance Boston Museum
Donor David P. Kimball
Donor L. Cushing Kimball
Donor Augusta K. Horton

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