Hip ornament

Museum number:
5-4213
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2037
Description:
Iron hip ornament (matawa ri stad); metal bar bent into scroll form; loop at one end for suspension; 4.5 cm long.
Donor:
Paul Hinderling and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Mokolo, North Region, Cameroon
Verbatim coll. place:
N. Cameroon; Mokolo; Mafa tribe
Culture or time period:
Mafa tribe
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
2.4 Fine Clothes and Accoutrements not used exclusively for status or religious purposes
Accession date:
1965
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Hip ornament, accession number 5-4213, described as Iron hip ornament (matawa ri stad); metal bar bent into scroll form; loop at one end for suspension; 4.5 cm long.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Hip ornament, accession number 5-4213, described as Iron hip ornament (matawa ri stad); metal bar bent into scroll form; loop at one end for suspension; 4.5 cm long.

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