Waist belt made from a strip of palm leaf with scratched diamond decoration and frayed ends
Item
Title
Waist belt made from a strip of palm leaf with scratched diamond decoration and frayed ends
Creator
Creator Unrecorded
Subject
Belt
Description
Girl's waist belt for fastening aprons. Made from a flat strip of palm leaf with scratched decoration on the outside creating a textured pattern of dark diamond or triangle shapes. The ends are frayed and twisted into string ties.
Publisher
Making African Connections
Date
c.1930
Type
PhysicalObject
Identifier
ETH.ANG3.3
A37/3
Source
Space/Place
Angola
Africa
Rights
© The Powell-Cotton Trust