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Beaded cache sex; waist band of ostrich eggshell beads with central triangle pattern of metal beads; four dangling panels of different widths; each panel with black, white and dark blue beads in different geometric patterns
Beaded cache sex; waist band of ostrich eggshell beads with central triangle pattern of metal beads; four dangling panels of different widths; each panel with black, white and dark blue beads in different geometric patterns
Object Number 2011.27.1
Display Title Beaded cache sex; waist band of ostrich eggshell beads with central triangle pattern of metal beads; four dangling panels of different widths; each panel with black, white and dark blue beads in different geometric patterns
Descriptions
Inventory Description Band, beaded, ostrich eggshell beads with central triangle pattern of metal beads, four dangling panels of different widths, each panel with black, white and dark blue beads in different geometric patterns
Classification
  • Skirt
Department Ethnographic
Date c. 1968 or earlier
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Botswana
Materials Ostrich eggshell , Glass beads , Metal , Leather , Plant fiber
Dimensions Overall: 24 × 78 cm (9 7/16 × 30 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 2011.27.1
Credit Line Gift of Mark & Pauline Peters
Provenance
Collector Mark Peters (c. 1968-10/6/11)
Donor Donated by Pauline Peters (-10/6/11)

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