pubic ornament

Pubic ornament in the form of a white glass triangle with a flattened tip. Decorated with an impressed geometric dot pattern highlighted in black.

label: [Dennison label] One side: COS AFRI [written in pale blue pencil by hand]; Other side: A [written in blue pencil]; Wellcome / Lovett Coll. [handwritten in black biro]; 126429 [black stamp]; girl's / pubic ornament, / Senegambia, / West Africa
label: [brown rectangle, black around hole] MADE IN AUSTRIA [stamp with crest-like logo] / Sh[ell] / amulet / Senegambia [handwritten in pencil]

object
MUSEUM NUMBER
nn10670
PLACE
COLLECTION
MEASUREMENTS
overall: 18 g; overall: 62 x 41 x 5 mm
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
glass; pigment
CATEGORY
Anthropology: Ethnography
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