girdle
- Museum number
- Af1926,1015.13
- Description
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Woman's girdle made of string, cane, cord.
- Dimensions
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Height: 21 centimetres (bundle of string)
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Height: 31.20 centimetres (gridle)
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Width: 7.50 centimetres (bundle of string)
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Width: 2.60 centimetres (gridle)
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Depth: 1.20 centimetres (bundle of string)
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Depth: 2.50 centimetres (gridle)
- Curator's comments
- See Ethdoc 274 - list of Native Articles collected by Major Powell-Cotton in Chad Colony and Sanga Forest, 1925. This is presumably:
Fork guard and girdle of 19 plaited cords, worn by Indood, a woman of the Yobodo sub tribe of the Sara M'Bai, inhabiting the country to the N.W. of the junction of the Nana Baria and the Bahr Sara rivers, Chad Colony, between approximately 7.40 and 8.50 N and 16.30 (?) [sic] and 17.40 E. The Fork Guard, called 'Bougwei' is made of split cane bound with flax (Sara 'Lissa') cord, held in place by the girdle, the upper part projecting forward. I only saw it worn by the Yobodo and the Loie, both sub-tribes of the Sara M'Bai. They were smaller among the Loie tribe ...bought from owner at Taysee ...'
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1926
- Acquisition notes
- Af1926,1015.1 to 16 were given by Major P H G Powell-Cotton, and were collected by him in Chad Colony and Sanga Forest. There are associated photographs and documents. The register has comments on each item.
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Af1926,1015.13
