Ostrich eggshell belt; eighteen rows threaded together and covered in lukula red powder.

Item

Title

Ostrich eggshell belt; eighteen rows threaded together and covered in lukula red powder.

Creator

Creator Unrecorded

Subject

Waist Ornament
Ornament

Description

Ostrich eggshell belt [Onjeva]; eighteen rows of carved ostrich eggshell beads threaded together with string and covered in lukula red powder.[FHM21/06/2019]

Publisher

Making African Connections

Date

c.1930

Type

PhysicalObject

Format

Ostrich Eggshell; Bird
Beadwork
C = 750mm, D = 350mm

Identifier

ETH.ANG2.977
A36/977

Source

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

Space/Place

Angola
Africa
Cultural Group: Okwanyama

Rights

© The Powell-Cotton Trust

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Catalogue card for ETH.ANG 3.977 Physical Object