2 snail shells tied together with cotton twine which is then braided. Each shell has had a hole drilled in it to facilitate the tying. Twine is the colour of red clay.
Donor:
Robert I. Orlins
Collection place:
Tomas Village, Sudan
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa, Sudan, Tomas Village
Culture or time period:
Nubian
Collector:
Robert I. Orlins
Materials:
Cotton (textile) and Shell (animal material)
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Accession date:
February 8, 2005
Context of use:
Decoration
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
length 5 centimeters, width 5.2 centimeters, and depth 1.5 centimeters