E1350: Egypt Coin Necklace

Ethnographic

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Identifier:

E1350

Classification Category:

3:Personal Artifacts ➞ Adornment

Marks/Labels:

The old Boston Children's Museum Archival Label is attached to the object. One is on a small tag near the medallion: Egy 5
Another old Boston Children's Museum Archival Label is written on the back of the medallion in red ink: Egy 215
Number on the Boston Children's Museum catalog card is: MR 5
Luther College Ethnographic Collection Archival Label is attached to the object on a larger tag: E1350

Materials:

metal ➔ copper

Dimensions:

56 cm L

Provenance of Object:

The object was gifted to the Luther College Ethnographic Collection in 2016 by the Boston Children's Museum. It is unknown how the Boston Children's Museum acquired the object, the first record of it was in 2015 when it was cataloged.

Ethnic Group:

African ➞ Egypt

Production Date:

Prior to 2015

Source Locality:

Egypt

Acquisition Date:

2015

Description:

metal necklace; chained together; round, copper disks with a pendant shaped like half a citrus slice with more copper disks attached.

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