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Braided leather girdles terminating in fringed tassels
Braided leather girdles terminating in fringed tassels
Object Number 24-24-50/B4206
Display Title Braided leather girdles terminating in fringed tassels
Descriptions
Inventory Description Organic, woven hide ornaments with tassles and metal beads
Classification
  • Ornament
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Meroitic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Sudan / <State> / <County> / <City> / Gammai
Intrasite Cemetery Z, Grave A
Additional Geographic Terms Nubia
Materials Leather, Metal, Animal hide
Dimensions Overall: 19.6 x 11.4 x 1.8 cm (7 11/16 x 4 1/2 x 11/16 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object B4206
Credit Line Gift of Oric Bates, 1924

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