Accession No
1925.107
Description
Frontlet made of beads worn on the forehead. Made of four strands of glass beads; four groups of white beads, two of small red beads, two of spherical, dark blue beads and one of spherical light and dark blue beads, and one pink bead. Groups of beads are separated with strips of leather.
Place
Africa; East Africa; Uganda
Period
Source
Driberg, Jack Herbert [collector and donor]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
1925.107
Cultural Affliation
Lango
Material
Glass; Fibre; ?Leather
Local Term
Measurements
290mm
Events
Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for 1925.107: 'Man's frontlet of beads. Lango (Shilluk speaking).'
Event Date
Author: maa
Context (Display)
Exhibited in 'The Proper Study of Mankind: Great Anthropological Collections in Cambridge' (known at MAA as the 'Centenary Exhibition') at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, 12 March - 06 May 1984.
Event Date 12/03/1984
Author: Sam Daisley
Description (Physical description)
Frontlet made of beads worn on the forehead. Made of four strands of glass beads; four groups of white beads, two of small red beads, two of spherical, dark blue beads and one of spherical light and dark blue beads, and one pink bead. Groups of beads are separated with strips of leather.
Event Date 23/11/2021
Author: Sam Daisley
FM:120444
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