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Object Number
49-14-50/8496
Display Title
Headdress of metal and glass beads - the strap of beads (suku-zuku) goes around
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
suku-zuku
Object Description
Headdress of metal and glass beads - the strap of beads (suku-zuku) goes around the occiput.
Inventory Description
Ornament, conical beaded and metal studded, bone and woven fiber strap
Classification
- Ornament
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Nyungwe
- Acholi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
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Uganda
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<County>
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Agok's Village
Dimensions
Overall: 24 x 6.4 x 6 cm (9 7/16 x 2 1/2 x 2 3/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
49-14-50/8496
Provenance
Collector
Dr. J. O. Shircore
(11/09)
Intermediary
Dr. Arthur K. Loveridge
(1949)
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