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DepartmentAfrica

Girdle

NameGirdle
CultureBayei or Hambukushu
Dateca. 1950
Place madeOkavango Delta, Botswana, Africa
MediumAnimal hide, glass beads, ostrich eggshell beads
DimensionsOverall: 26 3/16 x 16 9/16 in. (66.5 x 42 cm)
Other (width; width is waistband): 26 3/16 in. (66.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, Gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1982.30.582.
Object numberA.1982.30.582
Collections
DescriptionApron of black and white beads in geometric pattern with fringe of various color beads. Waistband is disks of ostrich shell with white bead triangle in front. Thongs for tying.
Mojamboro
ca. 1950
Beaded necklace
20th century
Virgin of Guadalupe
Bernadette Vigil
1990's
sireu (marriage exchange apron)
Artist not recorded
Early 20th Century
Beaded necklace
20th century
Teoti (Necklace)
Olinda Silvano Inuma de Arias
2020
Teoti (Necklace)
Olinda Silvano Inuma de Arias
2020
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