Belt

Museum number:
5-16734
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Alternate number:
516734
Accession number:
Acc.4739
Description:
woven fabric belt; black and white; woven with 4mm navy borders on each edge which encloses 5 different patterns separated by 1.5cm bands of navy with 2 white dots. finished with warp fringe and weft loops on each end.
Donor:
Berta Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
W. Africa, Nigeria
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Materials:
Cotton (textile) and Yarn
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Belts (costume accessories)
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Accession date:
June 23, 2004
Context of use:
Clothing
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
width 4.5 centimeters and length 128 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Belt, accession number 5-16734, described as woven fabric belt; black and white; woven with 4mm navy borders on each edge which encloses 5 different patterns separated by 1.5cm bands of navy with 2 white dots. finished with warp fringe and weft loops on each end.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Belt, accession number 5-16734, described as woven fabric belt; black and white; woven with 4mm navy borders on each edge which encloses 5 different patterns separated by 1.5cm bands of navy with 2 white dots. finished with warp fringe and weft loops on each end.

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