Leg decoration of leather and glass beads (when a man kills a buck, he often giv

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Object Number 58-43-50/10354

Display Title Leg decoration of leather and glass beads (when a man kills a buck, he often giv

Descriptions

Object Description Leg decoration of leather and glass beads (when a man kills a buck, he often gives his wife one of these. She wears it proudly)

Inventory Description Ornament, multicolored glass beads on leather straps

Classification

Ornament

Department Ethnographic

Culture

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Africa / Namibia
Africa / Botswana

Materials Leather, Glass

Dimensions Overall: 7.2 x 7.2 x 0.4 cm (2 13/16 x 2 13/16 x 3/16 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 58-43-50/10354

Provenance

Expedition Peabody Museum Southwest Africa Expedition (Spring & Summer 1958)

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