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Object Number
17-41-50/B1959
Display Title
Wristlet set with cowries
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Bracelet, strip of fine veg fiber basketry, cowries, bl/wht/ylw glass beads, tie
Classification
- Bracelet
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Congo
Materials
Vegetable fiber, Cowrie, Glass
Dimensions
Overall: 19.8 x 5 x 1.6 cm (7 13/16 x 1 15/16 x 5/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
17-41-50/B-1959/ 20 cm./ B-1959
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17-41-50/B1960 | Pair of wristlets |
Bracelet
|
Congo
| |
| 17-41-50/B1961 | Pair of wristlets |
Bracelet
|
Congo
| |
| 34-28-50/202 | Butter basket and cowries |
Basket
|
Abyssinia
| |
| 17-41-50/B1953 | Fetish collar covered with cowries |
Headband
|
Congo
| |
| 34-91-50/403 | 4 leather belts sewn with cowries |
Belt
|
Elgongi
| |
| 2003.1.1007 | Shells, 3 cowries w/cut tops, flat spiral shells of varying sizes |
Shell
| ||
| 2003.1.1025 | Ornament fragments, 1 organic matter & resin ring, 2 cowries w/ organic matter |
Ornament
|
Liberia
| |
| 17-41-50/B1976 | Belt with cowries |
Belt
|
Congo
| |
| 17-41-50/B1975 | Belt with cowries |
Belt
|
Congo
| |
| 973-25-50/11648 | Poro mask, wood, cloth, cowries, hair (or feathers) and metal, 11.5 + |
Raw Material
Mask |
Africa
| |
| 2004.24.30385B | Painted ceremonial mask with beads and cowries |
Congo
| ||
| 2004.24.30328 | Mask (painted ceremonial) with beads and cowries |
Zaire
|