Back thong. Loop of dark animal hide with two long strands of hide hanging from it.

Item

Title

Back thong. Loop of dark animal hide with two long strands of hide hanging from it.

Creator

Creator Unrecorded

Subject

Back Ornament
Ornament

Description

Back thong made from dark animal hide with short dark hair present. Loop of hide with two long strands of hide hanging from it, ending in opal beads. This would be worn around the neck with the long strands down the back, at a celebration to name a new born child.

Publisher

Making African Connections

Date

c.1930

Type

PhysicalObject

Format

Animal; Hide; Skin

Identifier

ETH.ANG2.1438
A36/1438

Source

The Powell-Cotton Museum
Antoinette and Diana Powell-Cotton
1936

Space/Place

Angola
Africa

Rights

© The Powell-Cotton Trust