Pendant

29-96-225

From: North Africa

Curatorial Section: African

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Object Number 29-96-225
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Hebrew
Provenience North Africa
Section African
Materials Leather
Description

2 rectangular black leather flat containers with incised design, sewn to thick twisted leather string. A hole in one of the containers reveals white cotton or linen. Red leather is twisted around the twisted string on either side of the pendants and in between. Black leather string is twisted around the twisted string on one side of the containers.

Length 6.6 cm
Width 5.6 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904

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