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Cowrie shell
Depth: 0.006 m
Length: 0.02 m
Width: 0.024 m
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1943) by Gayer-Anderson, R. G. (Major)
Accession number: E.GA.5540.1943
Primary reference Number: 59215
Oldadmincategory: P
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Antiquities
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Bead mould" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/59215 Accessed: 2024-11-19 02:01:55
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|title=Bead mould
|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-11-19 02:01:55|publisher=The
University of Cambridge}}
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