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Pendants: cowrie shells

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Amber, Classical, Italic

Greek and Roman Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Purchase Renée E. and Robert A. Belfer Patti Cadby Birch and The Joseph Rosen Foundation Inc. Gifts and Harris Brisbane Dick Fund 1992

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Title: Pendants: cowrie shells

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Amber, Classical, Italic.

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