Leather ties

Museum number:
5-16756a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210516756a@2cb
Alternate number:
516756 and TEMP 2013.170a,b (temporary number)
Accession number:
Acc.4739
Description:
Pair of braided leather ties, each made up of a double strand of brown and tan braided leather. each double strand ends with a tan leather knot which joins the strands.
Donor:
Berta Bascom
Collection place:
Western Africa
Verbatim coll. place:
W. Africa
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Materials:
Leather
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
8.3 For Manufacturing
Accession date:
June 23, 2004
Context of use:
Unknown
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
a— length 48 centimeters and b— length 31.5 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Leather ties, accession number 5-16756a,b, described as Pair of braided leather ties, each made up of a double strand of brown and tan braided leather. each double strand ends with a tan leather knot which joins the strands.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Leather ties, accession number 5-16756a,b, described as Pair of braided leather ties, each made up of a double strand of brown and tan braided leather. each double strand ends with a tan leather knot which joins the strands.

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