- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Arm ornament; circular band of braided black giraffe hair with a section of straight hairs with two sliders to adjust the size. [EC 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 25/10/2005]
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1939
- Date collected
- By 1939
- Acquisition information
- Bequeathed: 1939
- Materials and processes
- Material Giraffe Hair Animal, Process Plaited, Process Basketry
- Dimensions
- Diameter: max 75 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1938.35.1571 Other numbers: 2240
Search terms: Ornament, Basketry, Arm Ornament
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