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Object Number 17-41-50/B1901
Display Title Decorated visor
Descriptions
Object Description Kuba ornamental shade or visor fabricated from 33 rigid, flat teeth of cut plant fiber, possibly palm. The main body of the shade is an intricate design pattern interwoven over the teeth with dyed leaf fiber which is plied/twisted. The shade is rectangular except for a square opening at the top.
Inventory Description Comb, pointed sticks, woven together w/ dark brown and natural thread in geometr
Classification
  • Comb
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Kuba
  • Bushongo
  • Bushongo
  • Kuba
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Congo
Materials Wood, Raffia
Dimensions Overall: 24.6 x 13.5 x 0.3 cm (9 11/16 x 5 5/16 x 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 17-41-50/B-1901
Provenance
Collector Lt. G. Mackenzie (1890-1900)
Dealer William O. Oldman (1917)

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