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Description: a distinctive necklace made of finely crafted copper wire wound into extremely close spirals and featuring fragments of an iron neckring Material: copper and iron Max Dim (mm): Site: Sanga Archaeological context: Grave 34 was where this item was discovered Excavated by: J. Nenquin is credited with uncovering this artifact Year: 1957 marks the year it was found Country: The Democratic Republic of Congo is where this necklace originated Area: Upemba is the region in which it was discovered Published: Nenquin J., 1963, excavations at Sanga, 1957, The Protohistoric Necropolis, Tervuren (Belgium): Royal Museum for Central Africa. Annales, serie IN-8°, Sciences Humaines, n°45. Other References: Maret P., de, 1985, Archaeological Excavations in the Upper Lualaba Valley, Zaïre, II Sanga and Katongo 1974, Tervuren (Belgium): Royal Museum for Central Africa. Annales, Sciences Humaines, vol.120 Maret P., de, 1992, Archaeological Excavations in the Upper Lualaba Valley, Zaïre, III Kamilamba, Kikulu, and Malemba-Nkulu 1975, Tervuren (Belgium): Royal Museum for Central Africa. Annales, Sciences Humaines, vol.131 Photogrammetry model by A. Mathys, RMCA 2016 http://www.africamuseum.be/home