Girdle

Museum number:
5-6165
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2155
Description:
Strand of round green and blue glass beads strung on twine. Worn by women around waist as a girdle. Several strings worn in parallel lines. Worn all the time but especially at dances.
Donor:
Ronald J. Clarke and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Ukambani, Kenya
Verbatim coll. place:
Kamba
Culture or time period:
Kamba
Collector:
Ronald J. Clarke
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Girdles (underwear)
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Accession date:
1966
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Girdle, accession number 5-6165, described as Strand of round green and blue glass beads strung on twine. Worn by women around waist as a girdle. Several strings worn in parallel lines. Worn all the time but especially at dances.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Girdle, accession number 5-6165, described as Strand of round green and blue glass beads strung on twine. Worn by women around waist as a girdle. Several strings worn in parallel lines. Worn all the time but especially at dances.

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