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Bracelet

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Object Number:31-2-154
Current Location: Collections Storage
Culture:Bushmen
Provenience: Namibia
Etosha Pan
Section:African
Materials:Leather
Depth: 6 cm
Credit Line:Gift of Rodolphe Meyer de Schauensee, 1931
Other Number:47 - Other Number

Description

Rings cut from the hide of the forehead of the zebra. These are gifts from the men to the women.

Bibliography:

[Article] Wieschhoff, H. A. 1945. "The African Collections of The University Museum: Introduction". The University Museum Bulletin. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Vol. 11. no. 1-2. pg. 7-8 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 12, fig. 3View Objects related to this Actual Citation

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