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Object Number 39-39-50/3587A
Display Title Wristlet made of light colored grass (mbangani)
Descriptions
Indigenous Term mbangani
Object Description Wristlet made of light colored grass, mbangani
Inventory Description Bracelet, woven vegetable fiber (grass) ring, buff color
Classification
  • Bracelet
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Bwamba
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Uganda
Additional Geographic Terms Bundibugyo; Fort Portal, 40 miles west of
Materials Grass
Dimensions Overall: 5.5 x 5.5 x 0.8 cm (2 3/16 x 2 3/16 x 5/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 39-39-50/3587-A

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