Brass Breastplate, Rare
date: label: Accession Date
content: 19 Jan 1891
name: label: Collector
content: Soden Smith
label: Donor Name
content: British Museum Of Natural History
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "A Suto warrior's chest ornament -- E. Shaw 5/12/66. This Basuto breast ornament, called lepetu, is a rare and valuable item. Such items are illustrated in Arbousset's Casalis's works. - N. J. Van Warmelo, 5/24/66. Original notes: Brass Breastplate, Legawie, from the armoury of Mashesh Chief of the Basutos. bgs" Card also indicates that this was from the "Soden Smith Collection" in the British Museum (possibly referring to Robert Henry Soden Smith? see https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/BIOG162779)
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Sep 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: South Africa, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Sotho (Basotho)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 023892
label: USNM Number
content: E151694-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Breast Plate