Belt with cowries

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Object Number 17-41-50/B1975

Display Title Belt with cowries

Descriptions

Inventory Description Belt, woven cord core, cowrie shell decoration, brownish pigment

Classification

Belt

Department Ethnographic

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Africa / Congo

Materials Vegetable fiber, Cowrie

Dimensions Overall: 65.5 x 6.4 x 1.1 cm (25 13/16 x 2 1/2 x 7/16 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object B1975

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