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Cow skin strip with tail and cowrie shells - part of medicine man's +
Cow skin strip with tail and cowrie shells - part of medicine man's +
Object Number 35-50-50/1385
Display Title Cow skin strip with tail and cowrie shells - part of medicine man's +
Descriptions
Object Description Cow skin strip with tail and cowrie shells - part of medicine man's +
Inventory Description Hide band with fur, rows of cowries, 1 end looped, fur tuft at other end
Classification
  • Hide
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Wanyamwezi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Tanzania / Tanganyika
Materials Cowrie, Hide, Fur
Dimensions Overall: 135.3 x 6.5 x 1.1 cm (53 1/4 x 2 9/16 x 7/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 35-50-50/1385 & (green dot)

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