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String, cowrie shell
Other name(s):
shell
Collection ID:
E103
Collection:
Ethnography
Eleven strings of cowrie shellls. 'A Queen's Offering'.
Keywords
shell
Physical attributes
Number of parts
11
Production
Place
Bartub Yoruba Country, S Nigeria
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