Ankle Bracelet
AF882
From: Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | AF882 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Bushongo |
| Provenience | Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Cowrie | Plant Fiber |
| Description | Plaited rectangular band; decorated with three horizontal rows of 69 cowrie shells; on each end of rectangular piece there are 6cm long pieces of braided fiber. Card States-Covered with cowries. |
| Length | 20 cm |
| Width | 3.7 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
| Other Number | 384 - Other Number |
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