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Object Number 991-5-50/12338
Display Title Headband
Descriptions
Object Description Headband, double row of white beads, blocks of beading in red, white and blue and strands of red and blue diagonally placed on band on one side--other side is fiber
Inventory Description Headband, red, white, blue beaded design on fiber band, black braided cordge wi
Classification
  • Headband
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Zulu
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / South Africa
Additional Geographic Terms Inanda seminary
Dimensions Overall: 47 x 5.9 x 0.7 cm (18 1/2 x 2 5/16 x 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 991-5-50/12338
Provenance
Collector Minnie Carter (1914 - 1959)
Donor Margaret Warner (1959 - 2/21/1991)

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