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1909.45.6

Waist-belt of plaited plant fibre bound in a ring around a core. [FB 19/02/2015]

1909.45.6

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Collection type
Object
Description
Waist-belt of plaited plant fibre bound in a ring around a core. [FB 19/02/2015]
Geographical reference
Uganda
Africa > Eastern Africa > Uganda
Person
Field collector Edward Alfred Minchin
PRM source Edward Alfred Minchin
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1909
Date collected
By 1909
Acquisition information
Donated: 1909
Materials and processes
Material Grass Fibre Plant, Process Plaited, Process Bound
Dimensions
Height: max 20 mm, Diameter: max 200 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1909.45.6
Research and responses

According to the OUMNH Annual Report 1899: 6 EA Minchin worked in the Department of Comparative Anatomy [AP 9/8/2007]

Search terms: Clothing, Ornament, Children and Childcare, Belt, Waist Ornament