Headband

Museum number:
5-7333
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2423
Object count:
1
Description:
Headband; three loops of alternating orange glass beads, and blue and white speckled glass beads l. doubled 25 cm; cf. 5-7331. Native name-i-Ngcoyane. Worn by boys. Collected July 1968.
Donor:
Basil Holt
Collection place:
Republic of Transkei (historical)
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Southeast Coast; Transkei; Mqanduli District; Tshomane (Murdock 50:4)
Culture or time period:
Tshomane
Collector:
Basil Holt
Collection date:
July 1968
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Headbands (headgear)
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Accession date:
1968
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Headband, accession number 5-7333, described as Headband; three loops of alternating orange glass beads, and blue and white speckled glass beads l. doubled 25 cm; cf. 5-7331. Native name-i-Ngcoyane. Worn by boys. Collected July 1968.

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