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date: label: Accession Date
content: 15 Apr 1991
label: Collection Date
content: 1973
name: label: Collector
content: Philip Abrams
label: Donor Name
content: Philip Abrams
notes: label: Notes
content: ONE LARGE BUNDLE, CLOTH BASE WITH SUPPORTING DARK WOOD FRAME, TOP OF WHICH PROTRUDES AND IS CARVED IN SHAPE OF HUMAN NECK (CRACKING SLIGHTLY) AND HEAD; TWO BOXES WHICH HOLD OBJECTS FOUND IN THE LARGE BUNDLE. ONE CONTAINS OVER 40 ITEMS, INCLUDING BIRD TALONS, STONE OBJECTS, A LONG, SEWN, STUFFED BUNDLE MARKED "MAGIC FOR GOOD HARVEST," METAL PIECES, SKIN WITH FUR ATTATCHED AND A SECTION OF JAW BONE WITH SHARP TEETH. OTHER BOX CONTAINS APPROXIMATELY 12 ITEMS: IRON TOOLS (INCLUDING KNIFE, NAIL), CORRODED COIN, TWO HORNS, TWO SMALL BUNDLES WITH QUILLS (?) PROTRUDING, AND A SMALL PLASTIC BAG OF EARTH (MORE EARTH IN PLASTIC BAG IN WHICH EVERYTHING IS WRAPPED.)
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Dec 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 25
place: label: Place
content: Liberia, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Liberian
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 370726
label: USNM Number
content: E425169-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Divination Set
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 24 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 5 cm