Belt

Museum number:
5-3085
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.1717
Description:
Woven cotton belt; worn for hunting and hunting rites; trimmed in brown with brown center stripe.
Donor:
Leonard Plotnicov and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Af.; Nigeria; Kofyar People; Meriam Tribe; Kwanoeng Village
Culture or time period:
Kofyar People
Collector:
Leonard Plotnicov
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Belts (costume accessories)
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Accession date:
1963
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Belt, accession number 5-3085, described as Woven cotton belt; worn for hunting and hunting rites; trimmed in brown with brown center stripe.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Belt, accession number 5-3085, described as Woven cotton belt; worn for hunting and hunting rites; trimmed in brown with brown center stripe.

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