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Object Number 56-57-50/9854
Display Title Karosse (hide garment) - worn by men
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Karosses
Inventory Description Hide and leather garment, fur covered sewn panels, perforated edges
Classification
  • Outerwear
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • G//ana
  • Bushmen
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
Additional Geographic Terms Africa, Southwest; Bechuanaland; Chukudu, near
Materials Hide
Dimensions Overall: 98 x 116 x 0.8 cm (38 9/16 x 45 11/16 x 5/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 56-57-50/9854
Provenance
Expedition Peabody Museum Southwest Africa Expedition

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PrimaryMedia Object Number Title Classification Geography/Provenience SHARE
Karosse (hide garment) - worn by men
56-57-50/9854.1 Karosse (hide garment) - worn by men
Outerwear
Africa
Kaross, front composed of panels of various brown and tan colored hides stitched
971-2-50/11552 Kaross, front composed of panels of various brown and tan colored hides stitched
Outerwear
Africa
Quiver of horn (hide closing & leather thong) with 3 iron arrows in it
58-43-50/10256.1 Quiver of horn (hide closing & leather thong) with 3 iron arrows in it
Outerwear
Africa
Moose hide armor, belongs with 05-7-10/64529 (probably)
05-7-10/64769 Moose hide armor, belongs with 05-7-10/64529 (probably)
Raw Material
Armor
Alaska
Image Not Available for [No folder title]: Man stretching out a skin by pegging it to the ground (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30391.2 [No folder title]: Man stretching out a skin by pegging it to the ground (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
Image Not Available for [No folder title]: Women carrying loads of tsama melons in their karosses tied over their heads
2001.29.31017 [No folder title]: Women carrying loads of tsama melons in their karosses tied over their heads
/Ai Ha !O Pan
Image Not Available for Karosses hanging on a line inside the compound of Boy Moapane, brother of the Kgalagari chief
2001.29.8811 Karosses hanging on a line inside the compound of Boy Moapane, brother of the Kgalagari chief
Hukuntsi
Image Not Available for Women carrying loads of tsama melons in their karosses tied over their heads
2001.29.21130 Women carrying loads of tsama melons in their karosses tied over their heads
/Ai Ha !O Pan
Image Not Available for Two men lying on the ground, wrapped in karosses
2001.29.21484 Two men lying on the ground, wrapped in karosses
/Ai Ha !O Pan
Image Not Available for Two men lying on the ground, wrapped in karosses (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.27739 Two men lying on the ground, wrapped in karosses (print is a cropped image)
/Ai Ha !O Pan
Image Not Available for Pandanas mat garment
25-45-70/D2408 Pandanas mat garment
Outerwear
Samoa
Media Restricted
2001.29.7967 Four women standing not wearing karosses before the Eland Dance, seen from behind
Gwia