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bead

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human history
  • Description

    bead. Cowrie shell necklace. shell with perforation in the middle. Faces and edges are smoothed. The ring of shell is complete so was probably used as a bead for a necklaces.

  • Place
  • Accession Number
    1926.225
  • Accession Date
    07 Oct 1926
  • Other Id

    10418 (ethnology)

  • Department
  • Display Room
cowrie shell, 1926.225, 10418, Photographed by Andrew Hales,… … Read more

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