Belt

Museum number:
5-16733
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
516733
Accession number:
Acc.4739
Description:
sample of Yoruba tie dye. indigo and white design. triangular piece which ends in a belt buckle on one end and finished tab on the other part of a larger garment from which it has been removed. upper edge and "belt" lined with white fabric.
Donor:
Berta Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Materials:
Brass (alloy)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Belts (costume accessories)
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Accession date:
June 23, 2004
Context of use:
clothing (?)
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
length 80.5 centimeters and width 19 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Belt, accession number 5-16733, described as sample of Yoruba tie dye. indigo and white design. triangular piece which ends in a belt buckle on one end and finished tab on the other part of a larger garment from which it has been removed. upper edge and "belt" lined with white fabric.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Belt, accession number 5-16733, described as sample of Yoruba tie dye. indigo and white design. triangular piece which ends in a belt buckle on one end and finished tab on the other part of a larger garment from which it has been removed. upper edge and "belt" lined with white fabric.

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