Tassel, nuts? On leather band. Worn by woman across shoulders. With skin bag [?]

Item

Title

Tassel, nuts? On leather band. Worn by woman across shoulders. With skin bag [?]

Creator

Creator Unrecorded

Subject

Accessory

Description

The bag used to carry a baby is called an e'embe. This is according to the Duplicate Memorandum Book (see below).

Publisher

Making African Connections

Date

c. 1930

Type

PhysicalObject

Format

Nuts
Leather

Identifier

ETH.ANG2.833
1457 (Old Number)

Source

1936
Diana and Antoinette Powell-Cotton
Duplicate Memorandum Book with pencil writing 'Angola 1936' on cover

Space/Place

Africa
Angola
Calemba. Before Mupa.
Cultural group: Kwanyama
[HFD 19/07/2021]

Rights

© The Powell-Cotton Trust