Grass under-dress belonging to stone idol 50/3054

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Object Number 37-77-50/3056

Display Title Grass under-dress belonging to stone idol 50/3054

Descriptions

Object Description Grass under-dress belonging to stone idol 37-77-n50/3054

Inventory Description Ornament, bundles of knotted grass on ring of twisted vegetable fiber

Classification

Ornament

Department Ethnographic

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Africa / Liberia

Additional Geographic Terms Beliyela

Materials Grass, Vegetable fiber

Dimensions Overall: 42 x 31 x 28 cm (16 9/16 x 12 3/16 x 11 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 37-77-50/3056

Provenance

Collector Dr. George W. Harley (1936-1937)

Seller Dr. George W. Harley (1936-1937)

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Object Number	Title	Classification	Geography/Provenience
37-77-50/3055	Grass dress belonging to stone idol, no. 50/3054	Ornament	Liberia
37-77-50/3061	Leather neck piece belonging to stone idol, no. 50/3054	Necklace	Liberia
37-77-50/3065	Fiber tuft - part of costume belonging to stone idol, no. 50/3054	Ornament Raw Material	Liberia
37-77-50/3066	Fiber tuft - part of costume belonging to stone idol, no. 50/3054	Ornament Raw Material	Liberia
37-77-50/3069	String cone - part of costume belonging to stone idol, no. 50/3054	Ornament Raw Material	Liberia
37-77-50/3068.1	Cloth and string cone - part of costume belonging to stone idol, no. 50/3054	Raw Material Ornament	Liberia
37-77-50/3068	Cloth and string cone - part of costume belonging to stone idol, no. 50/3054	Raw Material Ornament	Liberia
37-77-50/3063	Animal horn - part of costume belonging to stone idol, no. 50/3054	Faunal Raw Material	Liberia
37-77-50/3067	Fiber and hair tuft worn on the head of the stone idol, no. 50/3054	Ornament Raw Material	Liberia
37-77-50/3060	Wooden stick from which chimpanzee skull hangs on the stone idol, no 50/3054	Ornament	Liberia
37-77-50/3059	Wooden stick from which chimpanzee skull hangs on the stone idol, no 50/3054	Ornament	Liberia
37-77-50/3070	Animal tooth worn about neck of stone idol, no. 50/3054	Bone	Liberia

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