Girdle made up of triple row of buttons secured together with finely woven cord fibre pendant
- Made:
- 1900-1930
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Girdle made up of triple row of buttons secured together with finely woven cord fibre pendant sewn with buttons tied to girdle, worn by young girls at initiation, Southern Nigeria, 1900-1930
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A655923
- Materials:
- glass, buttons and card
- Measurements:
-
doubled: length 392 mm
width 18 mm
breadth: length 18 mm
pendant: diameter 195 mm
- type:
- girdle - belt
- credit:
- Jeffreys, M.D.W.
