Belt

Museum number:
5-16702
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.4739
Object count:
1
Description:
woven raffia band decorated with cowry shells, 15 mounted on brown fabric with snap closures. Conservation: Several breaks in woven segment. Rather crude workmanship associated with mounting to fabric base.
Donor:
Berta Bascom
Collection place:
Western Africa
Verbatim coll. place:
W. Africa
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Materials:
Raffia (fiber) and Shell (animal material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Belts (costume accessories)
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Accession date:
June 23, 2004
Context of use:
Garment.
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
length 83.5 centimeters and width 4 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Belt, accession number 5-16702, described as woven raffia band decorated with cowry shells, 15 mounted on brown fabric with snap closures. Conservation: Several breaks in woven segment. Rather crude workmanship associated with mounting to fabric base.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Belt, accession number 5-16702, described as woven raffia band decorated with cowry shells, 15 mounted on brown fabric with snap closures. Conservation: Several breaks in woven segment. Rather crude workmanship associated with mounting to fabric base.

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