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Object Number 998-18-50/12835
Display Title Armband with beadwork and cowrie shells
Descriptions
Object Description Tubular raffia armband with patterned blue cotton fabric section (worn next to skin); narrowtwisted raffia strap at either end; zigzag pattern composed of alternating double rows of small turquoise and white glass beads or turquoise, green, blue and white beads; cowrie shells in center section and at ends, bounded by single rows of red, yellow, orange and white beads at the ends and at one end of the center section; and bounded by a single row of red tubular glass beads at the other end of the center section
Inventory Description Armband, tubular, raffia with glass bead/cowrie decoration, cloth strip at back
Classification
  • Armlet
Department Ethnographic
Date 20th century
Culture
  • Kete
  • Kuba
  • Kuba
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Zaire
Additional Geographic Terms Kasai Occidental
Dimensions Overall: 22 x 2.2 x 1.9 cm (8 11/16 x 7/8 x 3/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 998-18-50/12835
Credit Line Dr. and Mrs. Peter and Melanie Kilmarx
Provenance
Collector Peter Kilmarx (1983-1986)
Collector Melanie Kilmarx (1983-1986)
Donor Peter Kilmarx (10/06/1998)
Donor Melanie Kilmarx (10/06/1998)

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