Belt

42-29-62

From: Ghana

Curatorial Section: African

Object Number 42-29-62
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Mamprusi
Provenience Ghana
Section African
Materials Leather | Cowrie
Description

Double belt of plaited leather ornamented with pairs of cowrie shells; circular leather shield outlined in cowries and with 9 pendents each composed of 7 cowries on plaited thongs.

Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Franklin Miles Day, 1942

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