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Object Number
988-18-50/12425
Display Title
"Snakebone" bead necklace
Descriptions
Object Description
Necklace made of European glass trade beads sold in West Africa; black, yellow, red, blue, green beads; strung on raffia fiber.
Inventory Description
Necklace, glass beads, discoidal zig-zag, red, green, blue, black, yellow.
Classification
- Necklace
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
Materials
Glass, Raffia
Dimensions
Overall: 39 x 0.5 x 2 cm (15 3/8 x 3/16 x 13/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Provenance
Provenance
Unknown
(10/87-8/88)
Collector
Christopher B. Steiner
(10/87-8/88 - 12/6/88)
Donor
Christopher B. Steiner
(10/87-8/88 - 12/6/88)
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