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Object Number 30-32-50/B4588
Display Title Body belts (manyeta)
Descriptions
Inventory Description Belts, large ring of fiber, coiled with narrow copper bands
Classification
  • Belt
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Wanyakusa
  • Mwaya
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Tanzania / Mwaya
Additional Geographic Terms Tanganyika Territory
Materials Copper, Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 28.3 x 26.8 x 1.5 cm (11 1/8 x 10 9/16 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity 3
Label on object 30-32-50/B4588

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