Leather rope

Museum number:
5-11588
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050011588
Accession number:
Acc.2879
Object count:
1
Description:
Guru - medicine belt, Nigeria, Hausa att. July 27, 1972. 5-11588, acc no. 2879, file code 3.1 Collector: T.D. Lanagan. Donor: W.H. Lawson. Materials, techniques: leather strip dyed red, edges sewn together; loop at one end Context of use: worn around waist by native doctor; pouches of medicines hung upon it Description: medicine belt; red leather strip is turned over on itself, sewn together for thickness; loop at one end to attach ends together; 92 cm. l.;
Donor:
Thomas D. Lanagan and W. H. Lawson
Collection place:
Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Nigeria; Hausa att.
Culture or time period:
Hausa
Collector:
Thomas D. Lanagan
Collection date:
July 27, 1972
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
3.1 Status Objects and Insignia of Office
Accession date:
July 27, 1972
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Leather rope, accession number 5-11588, described as Guru - medicine belt, Nigeria, Hausa att. July 27, 1972. 5-11588, acc no. 2879, file code 3.1 Collector: T.D. Lanagan. Donor: W.H. Lawson. Materials, techniques: leather strip dyed red, edges sewn together; loop at one end Context of use: worn around waist by native doctor; pouches of medicines hung upon it Description: medicine belt; red leather strip is turned over on itself, sewn together for thickness; loop at one end to attach ends together; 92 cm. l.;
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Leather rope, accession number 5-11588, described as Guru - medicine belt, Nigeria, Hausa att. July 27, 1972. 5-11588, acc no. 2879, file code 3.1 Collector: T.D. Lanagan. Donor: W.H. Lawson. Materials, techniques: leather strip dyed red, edges sewn together; loop at one end Context of use: worn around waist by native doctor; pouches of medicines hung upon it Description: medicine belt; red leather strip is turned over on itself, sewn together for thickness; loop at one end to attach ends together; 92 cm. l.;

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