Cape

Museum number:
5-15436
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.4477
Description:
Cape: man’s, ochre-colored cotton with cordage fringe across entire top, ca 30 cm in length; metal zipper ornamentation sewed to bottom center of cape. Length ca 126 cm. Width ca 161 cm.
Donor:
University Research Expeditions Program
Collection place:
Tanzania
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Tanzania; Bwangadelu; Datoga; Barabaig
Culture or time period:
Barabaig
Collector:
Jean Colvin
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Capes (outerwear)
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Cape, accession number 5-15436, described as Cape: man’s, ochre-colored cotton with cordage fringe across entire top, ca 30 cm in length; metal zipper ornamentation sewed to bottom center of cape. Length ca 126 cm. Width ca 161 cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Cape, accession number 5-15436, described as Cape: man’s, ochre-colored cotton with cordage fringe across entire top, ca 30 cm in length; metal zipper ornamentation sewed to bottom center of cape. Length ca 126 cm. Width ca 161 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cape, accession number 5-15436, described as Cape: man’s, ochre-colored cotton with cordage fringe across entire top, ca 30 cm in length; metal zipper ornamentation sewed to bottom center of cape. Length ca 126 cm. Width ca 161 cm.

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