Waist-ornament( Human-Made Object)
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Caption
Digital photograph of an ostrich eggshell beaded waist-ornament, museum number Af1910,-.364.a, purchased by the British Museum from the London Missio…
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Af1910,-.364.a.jpg
Description
"Waist? ornament made of ostrich egg shell beads threaded on to fibre cord." Measures: 60cm (H) x 0.6cm (W) x 0.6cm (D) [Measurements taken from the British Museum online collections database]
Type
Human-Made Object
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Chronology
[18-? or 19-?]-1910
Provenance
This waist-ornament was found/acquired in South Africa or Botswana and purchased by the British Museum from the London Missionary Society in 1910
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