Shell and bead ornament

Museum number:
5-4259
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2037
Object count:
1
Description:
Cowrie shells strung together; with blue glass beads; w. 5 cm.
Donor:
Paul Hinderling and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Mokolo, North Region, Cameroon
Verbatim coll. place:
N. Cameroon; Mokolo; Mafa tribe
Culture or time period:
Mafa tribe
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Beads (pierced objects)
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Accession date:
1965
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Shell and bead ornament, accession number 5-4259, described as Cowrie shells strung together; with blue glass beads; w. 5 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Shell and bead ornament, accession number 5-4259, described as Cowrie shells strung together; with blue glass beads; w. 5 cm.

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