Arm band

Museum number:
5-1776
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
B1 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.1383
Description:
Raffia arm-band (imvuie) ; diameter: 4"10.16cm Women's or men's dance paraphanalis Dance nlūp- made by women, used by women- District of Bitam, Northern Gabon
Donor:
James W. Fernandez and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Gabon
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Gabon; Fang
Culture or time period:
Fang
Collector:
James W. Fernandez
Collection date:
1960
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Armbands
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Accession date:
1961
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Arm band, accession number 5-1776, described as Raffia arm-band (imvuie) ; diameter: 4"10.16cm Women's or men's dance paraphanalis Dance nlūp- made by women, used by women- District of Bitam, Northern Gabon
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Arm band, accession number 5-1776, described as Raffia arm-band (imvuie) ; diameter: 4"10.16cm Women's or men's dance paraphanalis Dance nlūp- made by women, used by women- District of Bitam, Northern Gabon

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