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Object Number
30-32-50/B4536
Display Title
Leather headband with white snail shells
Descriptions
Object Description
Shell headband, mberi. Headband made of hide and white shells sewn on to the fur side of the skin. Identifying numbers: a Peabody Museum number on cotton twill tape has been attached to the headband and in black ink on the underside.
Inventory Description
Necklace, hide band, fur, white shells sewn w/ vegetable fiber twine around band
Classification
- Necklace
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Kinga
- Madehani
- Wakinga
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Tanzania
/
Madehani
Additional Geographic Terms
Tanganyika Territory
Materials
Shell, Hide
Dimensions
Overall: 18 x 2 x 1.4 cm (7 1/16 x 13/16 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
30-32-50/B-4536
Provenance
Collector
Dr. Arthur K. Loveridge
(1929-30 - 1930)
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