Medicine belt made from leather, decorated with ant bear claws.
Item
Title
Medicine belt made from leather, decorated with ant bear claws.
Creator
Creator Unrecorded
Subject
Waist Ornament
Ornament
Description
Medicine belt, made of soft leather cut out in one place with an ant bear claws at either end well lukula red. A small bundle of little sticks netted on at the centre and cowrie shell sewn on top of this. Tapers from the circle. According to previous cataloguing information, this was owned by a Sivangolulia ondudu man of the Quandonga people.Translations that accompany the objects in previous cataloguing records are as follows:
Medicine: Omtwi ombedi
Belt: Eputa
Purse: Onfato
[FHM29/07/2019]
Medicine: Omtwi ombedi
Belt: Eputa
Purse: Onfato
[FHM29/07/2019]
Publisher
Making African Connections
Date
c.1930
Type
PhysicalObject
Format
Animal; Skin
Tied
L = 1250mm, W = 25mm; Claws, L = 65mm. [FHM29/07/2019]
Identifier
ETH.ANG2.776
A36/776
Source
Space/Place
Angola
Africa
Rights
© The Powell-Cotton Trust