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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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