String of cowrie

Museum number:

5-16833g

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Description:

red hide with 9 cowrie shells

Collection place:

Ethiopia

Verbatim coll. place:

East Africa, Ethiopia, Gurage

Culture or time period:

Gurage

Collector:

Dorothy Shack and William A. Shack

Object type:

ethnography

Function:

1.5 Household

Department:

Africa (except Ancient Egypt)

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