Bandeau with string of cowries sewn down entire length and horn at the end.

Item

Title

Bandeau with string of cowries sewn down entire length and horn at the end.

Creator

Creator Unrecorded

Subject

Dress
Clothing Headgear

Description

Bandeau made from animal skin [cattle] and bone [original notation indicates that this is from a dog that was killed the same day as the cattle]. A string of cowries is sewn along the entire length. The ends pass through a vertebrae. One is knotted short, the other long with pearlescent glass beads and a horn tied to the end. [FHM18/06/2019]

Publisher

Making African Connections

Date

c.1930

Type

PhysicalObject

Format

Dog; Bone; Animal
Beadwork
L= 450.5mm

Identifier

ETH.ANG3.345
A37/345

Source

Antoinette and Diana Powell-Cotton
1937

Space/Place

Angola
Africa
Cultural Group: Okwanyama

Rights

© The Powell-Cotton Trust