- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Fringe for neck, part of a bark cloth mask costume. For the bark cloth shirt with long sleeves attached see 1967.9.2 .1, for the separate trouser legs see 1934.9.2 .2 and 1934.9.2 .3, for the wood and bark cloth mask see 1934.9.2 .4, for the head fringe see 1934.9.2 .5, and for the waist fringe see 1934.9.2 .7. [CW [OPS move] 14/10/2016]
- Geographical reference
- Central Nigeria Benue River Valley Middle Benue
- Cultural groups
- Mama
- Person
- Field collector G.D.C. Money
- Field collector C.D.G. Money
- PRM source G.D.C. Money
- PRM source C.D.G. Money
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1934
- Date collected
- By 1934
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1934
- Materials and processes
- Material Bark Cloth Textile Plant, Material Pigment, Material Wood Plant, Material Plant Fibre, Process Painted, Process Beaten, Process Stitched
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1934.9.2.6
Search terms: Clothing, Ritual and Ceremonial, Religion, Barkcloth, Mask, Shirt, Sleeve, Trousers
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