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Object Number
2011.27.2
Display Title
Beaded cache sex; waist band of ostrich eggshell beads with horizontal rows of black glass beads at center; dangling central panel with black, white and red glass bead zigzag pattern; dangling strings of ostrich eggshell beads and black and white glass beads on either side
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Band, beaded, ostrich eggshell beads with horizontal rows of black glass beads at center, dangling central panel with black, white and red glass bead zigzag pattern, dangling strings of ostrich eggshell beads and black and white glass beads on either side
Classification
- Skirt
Department
Ethnographic
Date
c. 1968 or earlier
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Botswana
Dimensions
Overall: 33 × 72 cm (13 × 28 3/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
2011.27.2
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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