These beads were brought in by early Portuguese traders and are much valued by the natives.
Donor:
University of California African Expedition
Collection place:
Namibia
Verbatim coll. place:
Kuanyama Ambo
Culture or time period:
Kuanyama Ambo
Collector:
Edwin M. Loeb, Ella-Marie Loeb, and University of California African Expedition
Collection date:
Spring 1948
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Pendants (jewelry)
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Accession date:
1949
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Loans:
S1961-1962 #81: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/John Desmond Clark (May 22, 1962–May 22, 1962), S1965-1966 #88: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/John Desmond Clark (June 1, 1966–June 1, 1966), and S1971-1972 #147: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley) (May 24, 1972–May 24, 1972)