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Lion skin strip including tail sewn with claws and shells, cowrie shell covered
Lion skin strip including tail sewn with claws and shells, cowrie shell covered
Object Number 2004.24.14113
Display Title Lion skin strip including tail sewn with claws and shells, cowrie shell covered
Descriptions
Object Description Lion skin strip including tail sewn with claws and shells; cowrie shell covered neck band; pair of lion skin strip and cowrie shell bracelets; rawhide leggings 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.: 35-50-50/1362, 1364, 1365, 1369
Subject
  • Shell
  • Animal Skin
  • Claw
  • Ceremonial
  • Accessory
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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