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Object Number
35-50-50/1369
Display Title
Rawhide leggings with cowrie shells - part of medicine man's costume
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Hide leg bands, sewn rows of cowries, cotton string ties
Classification
- Leg band
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Wanyamwezi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Tanzania
Materials
Cowrie, Hide, Cotton thread
Dimensions
Overall: 29.9 x 16.9 x 1.7 cm (11 3/4 x 6 5/8 x 11/16 in.)
Quantity
2
Label on object
35-50-50/1369 & 102-54
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