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Posted by Kim Cartwright on July 8, 2013 at 7:22pm

These beads have red ochre throughout, and the high-spots have had the ochre worn off.

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SARAH CORBETT July 8, 2013 at 8:26pm

i think this may be Bantu, south africa

the ochre make sense in this context too

try page 160 of africa adorned for similar

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