Skirt

Museum number:
5-229
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Accession number:
Acc.334
Object count:
5
Description:
Skirt; fringed leather skirt w/ snail shells and network of varied glass trade; poor condition
Donor:
Charles P. Wilcomb and Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Sudan
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Glass (material) (beads), Leather, and Shell (animal material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Skirts (garments)
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
1908
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Comment:
In re-housing for the 2012-13 move some loose pieces were placed in bags (2 shells; braided leather tassel; 6 beads; misc. leather pieces)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Skirt, accession number 5-229, described as Skirt; fringed leather skirt w/ snail shells and network of varied glass trade; poor condition
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Skirt, accession number 5-229, described as Skirt; fringed leather skirt w/ snail shells and network of varied glass trade; poor condition

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