Bracelet

Museum number:
5-14226
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.3650
Description:
Bracelet. "Fongi". Woven grass, diameter 7 centimeters. 2 strips of grass woven together by a third piece. Context of use: used by young girls as decoration, worn on upper arm above elbow; a girl will wear it even after marriage.
Donor:
Jean Colvin and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Mbulu District, Tanzania
Verbatim coll. place:
Tanzania; Mbulu district; Murray village; Iraqw
Culture or time period:
Iraqw People
Collector:
Jean Colvin
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bracelets (jewelry)
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Accession date:
August 1982
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Bracelet, accession number 5-14226, described as Bracelet. "Fongi". Woven grass, diameter 7 centimeters. 2 strips of grass woven together by a third piece. Context of use: used by young girls as decoration, worn on upper arm above elbow; a girl will wear it even after marriage.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bracelet, accession number 5-14226, described as Bracelet. "Fongi". Woven grass, diameter 7 centimeters. 2 strips of grass woven together by a third piece. Context of use: used by young girls as decoration, worn on upper arm above elbow; a girl will wear it even after marriage.

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