Ankle Bracelet

AF882

From: Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo

Curatorial Section: African

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Object Number AF882
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Bushongo
Provenience Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Section African
Materials Cowrie | Plant Fiber
Description

Plaited rectangular band; decorated with three horizontal rows of 69 cowrie shells; on each end of rectangular piece there are 6cm long pieces of braided fiber.

Card States-Covered with cowries.

Length 20 cm
Width 3.7 cm
Credit Line Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912
Other Number 384 - Other Number

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