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Object Number:31-2-190
Current Location: Collections Storage
Culture:Bushmen
Provenience: Botswana
Section:African
Materials:Ostrich Egg Shell
Cord
Length: 80 cm
Credit Line:Gift of Rodolphe Meyer de Schauensee, 1931
Other Number:74 - Other Number

Description

Of ostrich eggshell discs strung in pairs on cord netting. Woman's.

Current & Past Exhibitions:

African Gallery (1990 - Aug 1995) View Objects in Exhibition
African Gallery (1987 - 1990) View Objects in Exhibition
African Gallery ( Aug 1995 - 11 Sep 2018) View Objects in Exhibition

Bibliography:

[Book] Horne, Lee C. 1985. Introduction to the Collections of The University Museum.. Philadelphia. The University Museum. : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 16View Objects related to this reference

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