Girdle. Made up of circular iron disc beads, a white opaque and blue glass beads with tubular iron beads. Apron consists of three rows of twenty-one tubular circular sectioned iron beads threaded on hide strips and looped to provide passage for girdle string. Small opaque white beads attached along bottom. [ASh [OPS move] 8/11/2016]

Collection type: Object
Description: Girdle. Made up of circular iron disc beads, a white opaque and blue glass beads with tubular iron beads. Apron consists of three rows of twenty-one tubular circular sectioned iron beads threaded on hide strips and looped to provide passage for girdle string. Small opaque white beads attached along bottom. [ASh [OPS move] 8/11/2016]
Geographical reference: Uganda
Africa > Eastern Africa > Uganda; Mount Elgon
Cultural groups: Gisu
Person: Field collector Frederick John Jackson; PRM source Ipswich Museum; PRM source Patricia Margaret Maclaren Butler
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1911
Date collected: By 1911
Acquisition information: Purchased: 1966
Materials and processes: Material Glass, Material Bead, Material String, Material Iron Metal, Material Animal Hide Skin, Process Strung, Process Looped
Dimensions: Diameter 11 mm iron bead, Diameter 11 mm large bead, Width: max 185 mm, Length: max 375 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1966.1.739 Other numbers: 1920-13-41
Research and responses: 'Gisu' is an alternate name for Bagishu [OD 27/3/2001].

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