Antelope skin belt (Okapi)

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Object Number 30-65-50/H1253

Display Title Antelope skin belt (Okapi)

Descriptions

Inventory Description Belt, hide strip, rounded ends, slit, one end fed through other twice

Classification

Belt

Department Ethnographic

Culture

Bute

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Africa / Congo

Additional Geographic Terms Buta, Near

Materials Hide, Fur

Dimensions Overall: 41.2 x 4 x 0.7 cm (16 1/4 x 1 9/16 x 1/4 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object H1253

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