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Original Message:   Initiation rites ornaments 2007.270
A card with these beads reads: Beads worn by women. Initiation rites ornaments. Valenge of Portuguese East Africa (between mouth of Limpopo and Inhambane).

The tag that is cut off in the photo reads: Worn by mistress of rites in long strings (a)round neck.

Note: Portuguese East Africa is now Mozambique. Valenge refers to an indigenous people.

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