Belt

Museum number:

5-16702

Permalink:

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Accession number:

Acc.4739

Description:

woven raffia band decorated with cowry shells, 15 mounted on brown fabric with snap closures. Conservation: Several breaks in woven segment. Rather crude workmanship associated with mounting to fabric base.

Donor:

Berta Bascom

Collection place:

Western Africa

Verbatim coll. place:

W. Africa

Collector:

Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom

Materials:

Raffia (fiber) and Shell (animal material)

Object type:

ethnography

Object class:

Belts (costume accessories)

Function:

2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements

Accession date:

June 23, 2004

Context of use:

Garment.

Department:

Africa (except Ancient Egypt)

Dimensions:

length 83.5 centimeters and width 4 centimeters

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