Fibre string girdle, dyed purplish brown. Consisting of a narrow band of six thin plaits placed side by side, the ends plaited into round ropes. [ASh [OPS move] 13/12/2016]

Collection type: Object
Description: Fibre string girdle, dyed purplish brown. Consisting of a narrow band of six thin plaits placed side by side, the ends plaited into round ropes. [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 Plant Fibre, Material Pigment, Process Plaited, Process Dyed
Dimensions: Width: max 55 mm, Length: max 327 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1942.13.1522 Other numbers: 263 a-f

Search terms: Ornament, Waist Ornament

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