Leg Band Item Number: Aa18 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Circular leather band wrapped with giraffe hair on which is strung twenty-five brass and copper beads of various sizes.
History Of Use
Worn by women, usually below the knee and above the calf.
Cultural Context
Women's ornaments.
Item History
- Made in Okavango Swamps, Botswana
- Collected between 1967 and 1975
- Owned by Frank A. Gaudin before September 15, 1975
- Received from Frank A. Gaudin (Seller) and Museum of Anthropology Donations Fund (Funding source) on September 15, 1975
What
- Name
- Leg Band
- Identification Number
- Aa18
- Type of Item
- band
- Material
- leather skin, brass metal, copper metal and giraffe hair
- Manufacturing Technique
- cut, cast and wrapped
- Overall
- height 33.0 cm, diameter 9.8 cm
Who
- Culture
- Khoisan ?
- Previous Owner
- Frank A. Gaudin
- Received from
- Frank A. Gaudin (Seller) and Museum of Anthropology Donations Fund (Funding source)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Okavango Swamps, Botswana
When
- Collection Date
- between 1967 and 1975
- Ownership Date
- before September 15, 1975
- Acquisition Date
- on September 15, 1975
Other
- Item Classes
- metalwork
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 0287/0018 a