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1978.9.11.1

Breast or neck ornament of leather strips decorated with blue beads and cowrie shells and with pendant chains. Broken into four pieces [.1-4]. [El.B 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 21/6/2005]

1978.9.11.1

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Collection type
Object
Description
Breast or neck ornament of leather strips decorated with blue beads and cowrie shells and with pendant chains. Broken into four pieces [.1-4]. [El.B 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 21/6/2005]
Geographical reference
Uganda
Africa > Eastern Africa > Uganda
Person
Field collector Arthur Evelyn Weatherhead
PRM source Margaret Green
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1935
Date collected
1900 - 1935
Acquisition information
Donated: 1978
Materials and processes
Material Animal Leather Skin, Material Bead, Material Glass, Material Cowrie Shell, Material Iron Metal, Process Strung, Process Perforated, Process Stitched
Dimensions
Length: max 820 mm, Length: max 870 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1978.9.11.1 Accession number: 1978.9.11.2 Accession number: 1978.9.11.3 Accession number: 1978.9.11.4

Search terms: Ornament, Neck Ornament, Breast Ornament