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Leader's "crown" of fibre band from which hang snail shells (ntute ko)
Leader's "crown" of fibre band from which hang snail shells (ntute ko)
Object Number 35-31-50/1198
Display Title Leader's "crown" of fibre band from which hang snail shells (ntute ko)
Descriptions
Inventory Description Headband, bundled vegetable fiber ring, pigmented shell fringe, twined cords
Classification
  • Headband
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Basa
  • Basa
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms Cameroon, southern
Materials Vegetable fiber, Shell, Pigment, Plant fiber
Dimensions Overall: 24.7 x 24 x 5.7 cm (9 3/4 x 9 7/16 x 2 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 35-31-50/1198

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