- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Beadwork belt [L.Ph 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 3/5/2005]
- Person
- Field collector William Coleman Piercy
- Field collector Universities' Mission to Central Africa
- PRM source William Coleman Piercy
- PRM source Faith Piercy
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1935
- Date collected
- By 1935
- Acquisition information
- Bequeathed: 1935 Acquired: 1939
- Materials and processes
- Material Bead, Material Plant Fibre, Material String, Process Beadwork, Process Braided
- Dimensions
- Width: max 110 mm, Length: max 800 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1939.3.98
Search terms: Clothing, Bead, Ornament, Belt, Waist Ornament
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