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1940.7.219

Gourd filled perfumed powder strung at the top onto a string of iron beads and also attached at the top to a piece of leather covered with iron beads.

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1940.7.219

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Collection type
Object
Description
Gourd filled perfumed powder strung at the top onto a string of iron beads and also attached at the top to a piece of leather covered with iron beads.
Geographical reference
Angola
Africa > Central Africa > Angola
Southern Angola
Person
Field collector Antoinette Powell-Cotton
Field collector Diana Powell-Cotton
PRM source Antoinette Powell-Cotton
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1936
Date collected
1936 - 1937
Acquisition information
Donated: 1940
Materials and processes
Material Gourd Plant, Material Iron Metal, Material Bead, Material Animal Leather Skin, Process Decorated
Dimensions
Diameter: max 70 mm approx, Length 120 mm gourd, approx
Object numbers
Accession number: 1940.7.219 Other numbers: 36.2579

Search terms: Reproduction, Ornament, Religion, Marriage, Children and Childcare, Amulet, Waist Ornament

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