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Cow skin strip with tail and cowrie shells, pair of strips of cowhide
Cow skin strip with tail and cowrie shells, pair of strips of cowhide
Object Number 2004.24.14114
Display Title Cow skin strip with tail and cowrie shells, pair of strips of cowhide
Descriptions
Object Description Cow skin with tail and cowrie shells; pair of strips of cowhide with cowrie shells worn looped over narrow belt - all part of medicine man's equipment. Africa: Tanganyika Territory. 5 x 7. Photograph by F. P. Orchard. 1936. Bantu stock - Wanyamwezi tribe. Cat. Nos.: 35-50-50/1385; 35-50-50/1387
Subject
  • Strip
  • Decorated
  • Accessory
  • Cow
  • Hide
  • Tail
  • Cowrie
  • Shell
Department Photographic
Date 1936
Artist Frederick P. Orchard
Culture
  • Nyamwezi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Tanzania
Materials Negative, nitrate
Dimensions Overall: 12.7 x 17.78 cm (5 x 7 in.)

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