- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Ornament; elliptical convex piece of ivory with a hide strip threaded through a perforation on the concave side. [EC 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 7/10/2005]
- Geographical reference
- Kilimanjaro region
- Cultural groups
- Chagga
- Person
- Field collector William Ernest Taylor
- Field collector Church Missionary Society
- PRM source Catherine Taylor
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1890
- Date collected
- 1882 - 1890
- Acquisition information
- Purchased: 1927
- Materials and processes
- Material Animal Ivory Tooth, Process Perforated
- Dimensions
- Length: max 76 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1927.84.57
Search terms: Ornament, Breast Ornament
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