Textile
Belt
AF890
From: Zaire | Northern Belgian Congo | Mubangi District
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | AF890 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Bwaka |
| Provenience | Zaire | Northern Belgian Congo | Mubangi District |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Plant Fiber | Brass |
| Description | Five strands of small brass beads. Strands are tied together with fiber every 5cm. Looped ends, with a piece of fiber holding the ends together. Harness. Metal frame with two large apikes. Bells hung from leather covered top of frame. Leather stitched with designs. Five flaring metal bells with round-ended clappers. Bells of different tones. Good condition. |
| Length | 76 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 33 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
| Other Number | 211, 201 - Other Number |
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