Talisman

29-236-17

From: Algeria | Touggourt

Curatorial Section: African

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Object Number 29-236-17
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Algeria | Touggourt
Culture Area North Africa
Date Made 1860-1899
Section African
Materials Stone
Description

Brown, undecorated stone bead shaped like a large kidney bean but wider at the top. Thin loop of metal stuck into top of bead to serve as point of attachment to some kind of strand. Top of loop of metal is broken off.

Length 3 cm
Outside Diameter 1.5 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 17.S - Sommerville Number | 29-221-17 - Other Number

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