Veil weight, key
date: label: Accession Date
content: 20 Jan 1987
label: Collection Date
content: 1972
name: label: Collector
content: Mrs. Virginia Bavendam
label: Donor Name
content: Mrs. Virginia Bavendam
notes: label: Notes
content: KEY OF ELABORATE, GEOMETRIC DESIGN, PRIMARILY OF WHITE METAL WITH BRASS AND COPPER OVERLAYS ON ONE SIDE. BOTH SIDES DECORATED WITH INCISED OR CHASED DESIGNS. SHORT LEATHER STRAP ATTACHED AS A LOOP TO HANDLE OF KEY. "WORN ON THE CORNER OF WOMAN'S VEIL". - COLLECTOR.
label: Notes
content: From African Voices exhibit: "Women hold their head veils in place with weights in the form of elaborate keys."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 13 Oct 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Hoggar Mountains, Algeria, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Tuareg
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 356946
label: USNM Number
content: E423862-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Key
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 24 cm