dress
- Museum number
- Af1939,30.18
- Description
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Dress of Dom-Palm leaf fibre, glass beads, glass buttons and cowrie shells; worn by women and girls.
- Production date
- 1938 (circa)
- Dimensions
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Height: 26 centimetres
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Width: 32 centimetres
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Depth: 3.50 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Register 1939:
Similar to Af1939,30.17, wider.
'Girl's and woman's dress, apron. Made of Dom-Palm leaf.'
Nuba Hills, Eastern Jebel Dist. of n.e. Sudan.
Tira and Otoro tribes.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1939
- Acquisition notes
- Af1939,30.1 to 45 were purchased from Dr S F Nadel. The register contains detailed notes on each item, which have been transcribed on the database. Nos.1-16 are from the Tira; nos.17-23 from the Tira or Otoro; nos.28-39 from the Otoro; nos.40-43 from the Koaub.
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Af1939,30.18
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: 12 (No. 18 in list.)