cattle-trappings
- Museum number
- Af1981,18.38
- Description
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A decorative neck-piece, 'kilada', for a riding bull, in the form of a long, rectangular piece of red leather, embellished with cowrie shells in linear patterns, and with numerous plaited tassels of leather designed to hang down on each side of the bull's neck. A small cast brass bell is attached to the tassels at one end.
- Production date
- 1970-1981 (circa)
- Dimensions
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Height: 23.40 centimetres
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Width: 154 centimetres
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Depth: 4 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- See Collection File Af1981,18.1-70.
- Location
- Not on display
- Condition
- good
- Acquisition date
- 1981
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Af1981,18.38