Lip ornament of red beads, the strands joined at the ends with yellow beads. [El.B DDF Body Arts Project 2010/2011 07/10/2010]

Collection type: Object
Description: Lip ornament of red beads, the strands joined at the ends with yellow beads. [El.B DDF Body Arts Project 2010/2011 07/10/2010]
Geographical reference: Congo, Democratic Republic of
Africa > Central Africa > Congo, Democratic Republic of; Mongala Province Bumba
Cultural groups: Kele
Person: Field collector Samuel William Pring; PRM source Katherine Mary Maybury; PRM source A.W.S. Pring
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1920
Date collected: 1919 - 1920
Acquisition information: Donated: 1961
Materials and processes: Material Plant Fibre, Material Glass, Material Bead, Process Strung
Dimensions: Length 30 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1961.1.76
Research and responses: Bumba is a town in Mongala Province in the northern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is also a port situated on the Congo River. [El.B DDF Body Arts Project 2010/2011 07/10/2010]

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