Woven beaded ornament

Museum number:
5-6671
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2307
Object count:
1
Description:
Miniature hood (baby cover); alternating bands of black and yellow strung glass beads on woven split fiber frame; edges trimmed with loops of strung red glass beads with cowrie shells attached; w. 8 cm; h. 10 cm.
Donor:
Mary Jean Aerni and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Uganda
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Uganda; Lugbara (Murdock 28:10)
Culture or time period:
Lugbara
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Beads (pierced objects) and Miniature (size attribute)
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Accession date:
1967
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Woven beaded ornament, accession number 5-6671, described as Miniature hood (baby cover); alternating bands of black and yellow strung glass beads on woven split fiber frame; edges trimmed with loops of strung red glass beads with cowrie shells attached; w. 8 cm; h. 10 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Woven beaded ornament, accession number 5-6671, described as Miniature hood (baby cover); alternating bands of black and yellow strung glass beads on woven split fiber frame; edges trimmed with loops of strung red glass beads with cowrie shells attached; w. 8 cm; h. 10 cm.

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