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1940.7.272

Headband made of pale yellow split grass; kept in a Pitt Rivers envelope. [EC 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 10/10/2005]

1940.7.272

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Collection type
Object
Description
Headband made of pale yellow split grass; kept in a Pitt Rivers envelope. [EC 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 10/10/2005]
Geographical reference
Angola
Africa > Central Africa > Angola
Southern Angola
Cultural groups
Ovimbundu
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 Grass Fibre Plant, Process Split
Dimensions
Length: max 133 mm envelope
Object numbers
Accession number: 1940.7.272 Other numbers: 36.278

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