Object Number | 29-59-124 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Kimbundu |
Provenience | Angola |
Section | African |
Materials | Glass | Shell | Fiber |
Description | Strip of basketwork, the outer surface completely covered with a row of cowrie shells laid end to end and on each side of them two rows of small black and white beads. The catch is a loop of string on which is one red band. "Bought from laborers who were working on the company's plantation." |
Length | 46 cm |
Credit Line | Purchased from Henry C. Mercer, 1927 |
Other Number | Mercer 22523 - Old Museum Number | 137 - Field No SF |
Report problems and issues to digitalmedia@pennmuseum.org.