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Digital photograph of an ostrich eggshell and iron beaded waist-ornament, museum number Af1910,-.364.b, purchased by th…

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Waist-ornament

"Waist-ornament made of ostrich eggshell beads, threaded on to fibre cord, with iron beads, leather." Measures: 12cm (H) x 26cm (W) x 0.6cm (D) [Measurements taken from the British Museum online collections database]

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Human-Made Object
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Chronology
[18-? or 19-?]-1910
Provenance
This waist-ornament was found/acquired in South Africa or Botswana and purchased by the British Museum from the London Missionary Society in 1910
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