Leather strap made of two thin strips decorated with metal bands and conus shell
Item
Title
Leather strap made of two thin strips decorated with metal bands and conus shell
Creator
Creator Unrecorded
Subject
Ornament
Description
Conus strap. Thin brown leather strap made of two strips, each decorated with alternating bands of brass and copper metal pressed flat around the leather. At one end there is a larger flat piece of brass holding the two strips together and the rounded flat end of a white conus shell tied with leather thong through a hole in the shell.
Publisher
Making African Connections
Date
c.1930
Type
PhysicalObject
Format
Animal; Leather; Skin
Identifier
ETH.ANG3.308 .2
A37/308
Source
Space/Place
Angola
Africa
Rights
© The Powell-Cotton Trust