belt;
purse;
bead
- Museum number
- Am1981,Q.1937.a-c
- Description
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Belt with two purses attached. The belt is made of leather with brass and copper (?) disks and a metal buckle. Both purses are made of leather and are decorated with glass beads.
- Dimensions
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Height: 38 centimetres
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Width: 114 centimetres
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Depth: 2 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Woman's belt. Brass discs were popularly attached to belts across the plains and the Plateau. Women commonly hung from their belts small beaded pouches that contained the implements necessary to their daily activities: awls, needles, threads and knives. This belt only has two small bags that may have contained minute objects such as perhaps, needle and thread.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition notes
- Acquisition details unknown.
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Am1981,Q.1937.a-c
