dance-ornament
- Museum number
- Af1951,12.104
- Description
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Register 1951:
Composite dance ornament made of cowrie shells sewn onto a cloth strip and circular pad, with cowrie shell fringes.
- Dimensions
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Height: 86.20 centimetres
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Width: 20 centimetres
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Depth: 1.30 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Register 1951:
Composite dance ornament made of cowrie shells sewn onto a cloth strip & circular pad, with cowrie shell fringes
Dance ornament (poshenje Kwagom = cowrie pad.) Worn with circular pad on back. Formerly brought out for dancing after killing a man, now for a leopard. See photo of it in use.
Ture Village.
96-104. N. Nigeria, Bauchi Province, Tula Tribe, Tula Wange village. 30.12.49
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1951
- Acquisition notes
- Register 1951:
30.12.49
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Af1951,12.104