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Object Number 35-50-50/1367
Display Title Broad belt with cowrie shells - part of medicine man's costume
Descriptions
Inventory Description Belt, rawhide with 9 rows of cowrie shells sewn on outside, metal frame/buckles
Classification
  • Belt
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Wanyamwezi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Tanzania / Tanganyika
Dimensions Overall: 28 x 31.5 x 14.3 cm (11 x 12 3/8 x 5 5/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 35-50-50/1367

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