Cowrie shell necklace string on plaited cotton

Made:
1860-1920
Cowrie shell necklace string on plaited cotton

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Cowrie shell necklace string on plaited cotton
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Cowrie shell necklace string on plaited cotton, known as ego onu umu algbobia ju elu mkpu, worn by the female attendants of young girls during MKPU time, ie rites de passage, Southern Nigeria, 1860-1920

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A655919
Materials:
cowrie and cotton
Measurements:
doubled: length 170 mm
width 55 mm
thickness 8 mm
type:
necklace
credit:
Jeffreys, M.D.W.

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