Wedding bands

Museum number:
5-819a-f
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.988
Description:
Native term: Omusendje vomufuko (singular) omisenje jovafuko (plural). Bride’s wedding bands. Two for hips. Two for neck. Two for left arm. Double bands of twigs form the omusendje bush tied with twine made from the pulp of a succulent.
Donor:
University of California African Expedition
Collection place:
Namibia
Culture or time period:
Kuanyama Ambo
Collector:
Edwin M. Loeb, Ella-Marie Loeb, and University of California African Expedition
Collection date:
Spring 1948
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Accession date:
1949
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Wedding bands, accession number 5-819a-f, described as Native term: Omusendje vomufuko (singular) omisenje jovafuko (plural). Bride’s wedding bands. Two for hips. Two for neck. Two for left arm. Double bands of twigs form the omusendje bush tied with twine made from the pulp of a succulent.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Wedding bands, accession number 5-819a-f, described as Native term: Omusendje vomufuko (singular) omisenje jovafuko (plural). Bride’s wedding bands. Two for hips. Two for neck. Two for left arm. Double bands of twigs form the omusendje bush tied with twine made from the pulp of a succulent.

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