Object name: Hip ornament / Collection place: Mokolo, North Region, Cameroon / Culture or time period: Cameroonian cultures - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Hip ornament, accession number 5-4212a,b, described as Iron hip ornament (matawa ri tseo); ri tseo = "two arms". A) Flat iron bar, folded over in middle, with scroll-like ends; 3.9 cm long. B) Flat iron bar, folded over in middle and twisted around long axis; 11.5 cm long. Made by Mafa smiths; worn by women on festival and market days; fastened to left side of body by a string; in disuse after 1964

Hearst Museum object titled Hip ornament, accession number 5-4293, described as Hip ornament (Lowa); twisted iron tube; L. 9.5 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Hip ornament, accession number 5-4213, described as Iron hip ornament (matawa ri stad); metal bar bent into scroll form; loop at one end for suspension; 4.5 cm long.

Hearst Museum object titled Hip ornament, accession number 5-4290, described as Hip ornament (Lowa); twisted iron tube; L. 10.6 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Hip ornament, accession number 5-4263, described as Hip ornament (madzgoa); twisted rawhide (?) cordage with dangling strings; covered with oil and red ocher mixture 2 strings covered with blue glass beads; w. 65 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Hip ornament, accession number 5-4317, described as Hip ornament (Mtingelai) of 1 band of coiled spring steel over iron core; specimen actually an automobile choke cable; L. 55 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Hip ornament, accession number 5-4262, described as Hip ornament (madzgoa); twisted bast cordage with dangling strings; covered with oil and red ocher mixture; w. 60 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Hip ornament, accession number 5-4251, described as Hip ornament (madzaf di kokwai) of 5 gourd necks pierced by cordage and suspended from piece of hemispherical iron; total height 24 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Hip ornament, accession number 5-4316, described as Hip ornament (Mtingelai) of 2 coiled bands of spring steel with core (automobile part?); L. 42 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Hip ornament, accession number 5-4291, described as Hip ornament (Lowa); twisted iron tube; L. 9.5 cm.