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Object Number
2011.27.3
Display Title
Beaded cache sex; waist band of ostrich eggshell beads with horizontal rows of white glass beads at center; dangling central panel with black and white glass bead chevron pattern; dangling strings of ostrich eggshell beads, black glass beads, or white glass beads are across the front of the skirt
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Band, beaded, ostrich eggshell beads with horizontal rows of white glass beads at center; dangling central panel with black and white glass bead chevron pattern; dangling strings of ostrich eggshell beads, black glass beads, or white glass beads are across the front of the skirt
Classification
- Skirt
Department
Ethnographic
Date
c. 1968 or earlier
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Botswana
Dimensions
Overall: 30 × 64 cm (11 13/16 × 25 3/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
2011.27.3
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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