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String of amber beads with metal beads

1800-1968

West Africa, Africa

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Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

String of large, squarish amber beads with four round, silver metal beads. The beads are arranged in series of five large amber beads with a metal bead in between. On one side, the two series of five large amber beads are separated by two smaller, oval shaped amber beads. On the opposite side, the two series of five large amber beads are separated by two metal beads with one large amber bead in the middle.

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Catalog reference: 2014.182.71

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