Beaded Pregnancy Hip Belt

Unidentified Baca maker

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1965

Beads and cord

Overall: 22 × 2 in. (55.9 × 5.1 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Museum Purchase

166.1.15887

Geography

Place Made: Transkei, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa

Period

20th century

Object Name

Clothing: Accessory

Research Area

Africa

Not on view

Provenance

J. R. Ivy, Ltd., Pretoria, South Africa; purchased by Professor James W. Fernandez for the Dartmouth College Museum, 1965; sold to present collection, 1966.

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