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Hair Ornament

MOA: University of British Columbia

Aa152 a-g

Long beaded fragment (part a) on fibre strand consisting predominantly of white beads and interspersed with red and blue beads. Fragments of brown-orange gourd fruit from largest to smallest (part b, c, d, e, f, and g).

  • Type of Item ornament
  • Culture Khoisan
  • Material gourd fruit, glass, fibre
  • Measurements height 19.0 cm, width 5.0 cm, depth 0.8 cm (part a) height 6.0 cm, diameter 1.0 cm (part b) height 6.0 cm, diameter 1.2 cm (part c)
  • Previous Owner Frank A. Gaudin
  • Received from Frank A. Gaudin, Museum of Anthropology Donations Fund
  • Made in Botswana
  • Ownership Date before September 15, 1975
  • Acquisition Date on September 15, 1975
  • Item Classes beadwork
  • Condition poor
  • Accession Number 0287/0127 a-g

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