Beaded Circlet (Child's Dress)

Unidentified Baganda maker

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late 19th-early 20th century

Beads and metal button

Overall: 12 13/16 in. (32.5 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Museum Purchase

39.64.6855

Geography

Place Made: Uganda, Eastern Africa, Africa

Period

19th century

Object Name

Clothing: Outerwear

Research Area

Africa

Not on view

Provenance

Museum and Art Gallery Reading, England; sold to present collection, 1939.

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