Arm ornament

Museum number:
5-7877
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
142 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2307
Description:
Arm ornament; leather strap; pendants of sections of hollow reeds and red, blue and white glass beads strung on twine; length: 23.5 cm; width: 7 cm. Used by men for dancing and adornment. Made by men.
Donor:
Mary Jean Aerni and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Moroto, Northern Region, Uganda
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Uganda; Moroto; Karamojong (Murdock 43:21)
Culture or time period:
Karamojong
Collector:
Mary Jean Aerni
Collection date:
June 1967
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Armlets
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Accession date:
1967
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Arm ornament, accession number 5-7877, described as Arm ornament; leather strap; pendants of sections of hollow reeds and red, blue and white glass beads strung on twine; length: 23.5 cm; width: 7 cm. Used by men for dancing and adornment. Made by men.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Arm ornament, accession number 5-7877, described as Arm ornament; leather strap; pendants of sections of hollow reeds and red, blue and white glass beads strung on twine; length: 23.5 cm; width: 7 cm. Used by men for dancing and adornment. Made by men.

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