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Woman’s Front Waist Ornament

Unknown, 1933-1966

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San

Woman’s Front Waist Ornament

Unknown, 1933-1966

Physical Qualities Hide, ostrich egg shell beads, 16.3 x 22.3 (w/o straps) x 1.5 cm.
Credit Line Gift of Carolyn Barnes, Alexandria, Virginia, in Memory of Murvil and Katherine Barnes
Object Number 1998.594
Woman's front waist ornament in semicircular shape edged in ostrich egg shell beads with a fringe at the top with six strands of ostrich egg shell beads.

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2000–2000

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