Year collected: [Missing] / Culture or time period: Barabaig / Function: 5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

Start Over Year collected [Missing] Culture or time period Barabaig Function 5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama

Hearst Museum object titled Bracelet, accession number 5-15449, described as Bracelet, wrought iron ("quidiga"). Flattened sides with filed incisions at right angles to length, open at ends. Diameter 7.9 centimeters, thickness 0.7 centimeters. From Africa, Tanzania, Dawari; Datoga, Barabaig. Context of use: married woman's bracelet.

Hearst Museum object titled Waistband, accession number 5-15458, described as Waistband ("gisingananda-mnanda"). Beaded. Alternating segments of light blue and yellow glass beads, with 1 segment of orange beads on 3 twisted strands, tied together with fiber. Length about 39.0 centimeters. From Africa, Tanzania, Dawari; Datoga, Barabaig; Frio. Context of use: waistband worn by men and women over the age of 14.