Belt

Museum number:
5-858
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.988
Description:
Men tan and make all skin parts of male and female costumes. A grease from the mashed seeds of the oshipeke osinemepeke bush softens the leather. The skins are stamped with the feet. The belts are re rubbed with fat and red ochre.
Donor:
University of California African Expedition
Collection place:
Namibia
Verbatim coll. place:
Kuanyama Ambo
Culture or time period:
Kuanyama Ambo
Collector:
Edwin M. Loeb, Ella-Marie Loeb, and University of California African Expedition
Collection date:
Spring 1948
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Belts (costume accessories)
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Accession date:
1949
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Belt, accession number 5-858, described as Men tan and make all skin parts of male and female costumes. A grease from the mashed seeds of the oshipeke osinemepeke bush softens the leather. The skins are stamped with the feet. The belts are re rubbed with fat and red ochre.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Belt, accession number 5-858, described as Men tan and make all skin parts of male and female costumes. A grease from the mashed seeds of the oshipeke osinemepeke bush softens the leather. The skins are stamped with the feet. The belts are re rubbed with fat and red ochre.

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