girdle
- Museum number
- Af1979,01.6098
- Description
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Girdle; narrow leather band; cowrie shells sewn on with leather thong. Leather strings decorated with cowrie shells suspended from waistband.
- Production date
- 19thC-20thC(early) (?)
- Dimensions
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Height: 20 centimetres
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Width: 67 centimetres (Extended)
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Depth: 2.50 centimetres
- Location
- Not on display
- Condition
- Fair; some leather strings missing or damaged. Leather waistband has missing central section.
- Acquisition notes
- Acquisition details unknown.
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Af1979,01.6098
