Raffia belt with beads and shell

Museum number:
5-15189
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.4386
Description:
Belt. Cowrie shells, green, white, black and red beads. Central curved pattern in a buckle-like design. Length 118 centimeters. From Central Africa, Zaire, Kuba (Murdock 38:21).
Donor:
Dan Stuhlmueller
Collection place:
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Verbatim coll. place:
Central Africa; Zaire; Kuba
Culture or time period:
Ba Kuba
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Beads (pierced objects)
Function:
2.0 Use not specified (Secular Dress and Accoutrements, and Adornment)
Accession date:
January 9, 1989
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Raffia belt with beads and shell, accession number 5-15189, described as Belt. Cowrie shells, green, white, black and red beads. Central curved pattern in a buckle-like design. Length 118 centimeters. From Central Africa, Zaire, Kuba (Murdock 38:21).Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Raffia belt with beads and shell, accession number 5-15189, described as Belt. Cowrie shells, green, white, black and red beads. Central curved pattern in a buckle-like design. Length 118 centimeters. From Central Africa, Zaire, Kuba (Murdock 38:21).
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Raffia belt with beads and shell, accession number 5-15189, described as Belt. Cowrie shells, green, white, black and red beads. Central curved pattern in a buckle-like design. Length 118 centimeters. From Central Africa, Zaire, Kuba (Murdock 38:21).

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