Waist ornament, string apron. Comprised of twisted fibre strings, white and black in colour. [ASh [OPS move] 13/12/2016]

Collection type: Object
Description: Waist ornament, string apron. Comprised of twisted fibre strings, white and black in colour. [ASh [OPS move] 13/12/2016]
Long description: Waist ornament, string apron. Comprised of twisted fibre strings, white and black in colour. The middle portion is held together by cross strings, with a fringe of braided strings at either end, the ends of the string are loaded with clay pellets. [ASh [OPS move] 13/12/2016]
Geographical reference: Cameroon
Africa > Central Africa > Cameroon; Bamenda
Person: Field collector Mervyn David Waldegrave Jeffreys; PRM source Wellcome Historical Medical Museum
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1942
Date collected: By 1942
Acquisition information: Donated: 1942
Materials and processes: Material String, Material Pigment, Material Clay, Material Plant Fibre, Process Plaited, Process Painted, Process Basketry
Dimensions: Depth: max 32 mm, Width: max 155 mm, Length: max 191 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1942.13.1513 Other numbers: 574

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