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Collar of Shell Beads

Unknown Artist

Credit: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Cummings, 1964
11th-late 15th century
Shell beads
5.4cm
64.228.729
Image © Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2019

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