- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Cloth decorated with cowrie shells.
- Geographical reference
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1919
- Date collected
- By 1919
- Acquisition information
- Loaned: 11/1919 Donated: 1928
- Materials and processes
- Material Textile, Material Cowrie Shell, Process Woven
- Dimensions
- Length: max 1560 mm, Length 1500 mm, Width: max 1010 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1923.84.418
Search terms: Textile, Clothing, Status, Headhunting, Body Cloth
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