Waistband

Museum number:
5-15458
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.4477
Description:
Waistband ("gisingananda-mnanda"). Beaded. Alternating segments of light blue and yellow glass beads, with 1 segment of orange beads on 3 twisted strands, tied together with fiber. Length about 39.0 centimeters. From Africa, Tanzania, Dawari; Datoga, Barabaig; Frio. Context of use: waistband worn by men and women over the age of 14.
Donor:
University Research Expeditions Program
Collection place:
Dawar, Tanzania
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Tanzania; Dawari; Datoga; Barabaig; Frio
Culture or time period:
Barabaig
Collector:
Jean Colvin
Collection date:
August, 1988
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Waistband, accession number 5-15458, described as Waistband ("gisingananda-mnanda"). Beaded. Alternating segments of light blue and yellow glass beads, with 1 segment of orange beads on 3 twisted strands, tied together with fiber. Length about 39.0 centimeters. From Africa, Tanzania, Dawari; Datoga, Barabaig; Frio. Context of use: waistband worn by men and women over the age of 14.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Waistband, accession number 5-15458, described as Waistband ("gisingananda-mnanda"). Beaded. Alternating segments of light blue and yellow glass beads, with 1 segment of orange beads on 3 twisted strands, tied together with fiber. Length about 39.0 centimeters. From Africa, Tanzania, Dawari; Datoga, Barabaig; Frio. Context of use: waistband worn by men and women over the age of 14.

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