Leather belt w/pouch

Museum number:
5-1668
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
B12 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.1302
Description:
a) Leather box on leather belt; box 3' x 3.25" x 3.5", 7.62cm x 8.25 cm x 8.9cm; belt length: 20" 50.8cm b) Measuring cup length: 2.5" 6.35 cm Worn around wrist, for gun powder, with measuring "cup" for one shot in side
Donor:
Igor Kopytoff and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Central Africa
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Batchok (Chokwe)
Culture or time period:
Chokwe
Collector:
Igor Kopytoff
Materials:
Leather
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
2.0 Use not specified (Secular Dress and Accoutrements, and Adornment)
Accession date:
1960
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Leather belt w/pouch, accession number 5-1668, described as a) Leather box on leather belt; box 3' x 3.25" x 3.5", 7.62cm x 8.25 cm x 8.9cm; belt length: 20" 50.8cm b) Measuring cup length: 2.5" 6.35 cm Worn around wrist, for gun powder, with measuring "cup" for one shot in side
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Leather belt w/pouch, accession number 5-1668, described as a) Leather box on leather belt; box 3' x 3.25" x 3.5", 7.62cm x 8.25 cm x 8.9cm; belt length: 20" 50.8cm b) Measuring cup length: 2.5" 6.35 cm Worn around wrist, for gun powder, with measuring "cup" for one shot in side

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