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1941.12.142

Cattle-skin apron or ?groin-cover with beads at lower corners.

1941.12.142

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Collection type
Object
Description
Cattle-skin apron or ?groin-cover with beads at lower corners.
Geographical reference
Angola
Africa > Central Africa > Angola
Cultural groups
!Xun
Person
Field collector Antoinette Powell-Cotton
Field collector Diana Powell-Cotton
PRM source Antoinette Powell-Cotton
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1937
Date collected
1936 - 1937
Acquisition information
Donated: 1941
Materials and processes
Material Bead, Material Cattle Skin Animal
Object numbers
Accession number: 1941.12.142 Other numbers: 37.2130
Research and responses

According to Ethnologue, Xun is current name for Bushman in Angola. [MR 4/4/2000]

According to Encyclopaedia Britannica, Percy H. G. Powell-Cotton was a late 19th century - early 20th century English explorer of Central Africa. The collector and donors of the material catalogued in this entry, Miss A Powell-Cotton and Miss D. Powell-Cotton may possibly be his daughters? [Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica] [MR 3/4/2000]

Search terms: Clothing, Ornament, Apron, Groin-cover

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