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Beaded Belt

Kuba, 1900-1932

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Kuba

Beaded Belt

Kuba

Beaded Belt

Kuba, 1900-1932

Physical Qualities Cowrie shells, glass beads, raffia cloth and fiber, Overall: 7.5 x 3 x 128 cm. (2 15/16 x 1 3/16 x 50 3/8 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Philip Lee Davis, Key West, Florida
Object Number 2002.705
Four rows of cowrie shells edged with blue and white beads; sailor's knot in center in green and white beads; short fiber tie at each end adorned with one large black bead and tipped with several small white beads.
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Kuba

2000–2000

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