Braid

Museum number:
5-6837
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050006837
Alternate number:
39 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2307
Description:
Leg (or arm) ornament; length of braided cowhide; 3 strands; l. 55 cm. Worn in sets by men; tied below knee or on upper arm; never taken off. Native name: Arukwan. Collected Dec. 1966.
Donor:
Mary Jean Aerni and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Moroto, Northern Region, Uganda
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Uganda; Moroto; Karamojong (Murdock 43:21) Moroto Development Center
Culture or time period:
Karamojong
Collector:
Mary Jean Aerni
Collection date:
Dec 1966
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Accession date:
1967
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Braid, accession number 5-6837, described as Leg (or arm) ornament; length of braided cowhide; 3 strands; l. 55 cm. Worn in sets by men; tied below knee or on upper arm; never taken off. Native name: Arukwan. Collected Dec. 1966.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Braid, accession number 5-6837, described as Leg (or arm) ornament; length of braided cowhide; 3 strands; l. 55 cm. Worn in sets by men; tied below knee or on upper arm; never taken off. Native name: Arukwan. Collected Dec. 1966.

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