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Object Number 34-91-50/809
Display Title Woman's "tail"-bustle, bunch of black fibre string
Descriptions
Object Description Woman's "tail"-bustle, bunch of black fibre string on string
Inventory Description Ornament, bundled dk brn fringe twisted veg. fiber string, knotted with loop
Classification
  • Ornament
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Tereki
  • Maragoli
  • Hamite
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Kenya / Western Province / Kakamega / Kaimosi
Dimensions Overall: 73 x 3 x 1.3 cm (28 3/4 x 1 3/16 x 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 34-91-50/809

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