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Object Number
2016.14.51
Display Title
Giraffe hair bracelet
Descriptions
Object Description
Giraffe hair bracelet, 30 hairs wide, with white disc
Inventory Description
Bracelet, ring of multiple strands of giraffe hair, secured with two wrapped hair fasteners, white plastic bead
Classification
- Bracelet
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1962-1964 or earlier
Culture
- Bahima
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Uganda
Additional Geographic Terms
Ankole Kingdom
Materials
Giraffe hair , Bead
Dimensions
Overall: 2 × 6.2 × 6 cm (13/16 × 2 7/16 × 2 3/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
2016.14.51
Credit Line
Gift of Elizabeth Hopkins
Provenance
Collector
Dr. Elizabeth Hopkins
(1962-1964)
Donor
Donated by
Dr. Elizabeth Hopkins
(6/30/2016)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016.14.52 | Giraffe hair necklace |
Necklace
|
Uganda
| |
| 2016.14.53 | Giraffe hair necklace |
Necklace
|
Uganda
| |
| 971-2-50/11550 | Giraffe hair bracelet |
Bracelet
|
Africa
| |
| 40-24-50/4988 | Giraffe hair bracelet |
Bracelet
|
Africa
| |
| 40-24-50/4987 | Woman's or youth's giraffe tail hair bracelet |
Bracelet
|
Africa
| |
|
Media Restricted
| 994-21-50/13008 | Bracelets, 51 |
Shaft, modified
Bracelet |
Botswana
| |
| 30-65-50/H1238 | Bracelet, elephant's tail hair and ivory |
Bracelet
|
Congo
| |
| 14-12-50/85483 | Hair bracelets, "salrb" |
Bracelet
|
Sudan
| |
|
Media Restricted
| 51-60-50/8780 | Hair from a giraffe's tail - used to string beads for armlets |
Floral
|
Africa
| |
| 14-11-10/85601 | Bead bracelet |
Bracelet
|
Wasco County
| |
| 973-43-50/11652 | Beaded, multi-colored bracelet with brass fasteners |
Bracelet
|
Africa
| |
| 49-14-50/8391 | Bracelet charm for hand made of elephant hair. Mankwala |
Bracelet
|
Nyasaland
|