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Object Number
2004.24.14122
Display Title
Belt with cowrie shells, all part of medicine man's equipment
Descriptions
Object Description
Cowskin and cowrie shell bandolier; hyena skin and cowrie shell bandolier; cowrie shell covered helmet; goat hair beard, zebra tail crest; broad belt with cowrie shells; narrow belt with cowrie shells - 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.: 35-50-50/1360, 1361, 1363, 1367, 1368; 1384; 1386
Subject
- Cowrie
- Equipment
- Decoration
- Shell
- medicine
- belt
- Accessory
- Man
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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