Ceremonial Belt
date: label: Accession Date
content: 3 May 1982
label: Collection Date
content: 1969 to 1970
name: label: Collector
content: Robert B. Keating
label: Donor Name
content: Robert B. Keating
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARDS: "BLACKSMITH'S CEREMONIAL BELT OBTAINED FROM BAKUBA ROYAL BLACKSMITH AT MUSHENGE. USED ON OCCASIONS OF IMPORTANT RITUAL DANCES. TRADITIONAL BAKUBA ROYAL DESIGN." HOPSACKING, BACK REINFORCED BY COMMERCIAL COTTON CLOTH PRINTED IN BROWN & BLUE GEOMETRIC DESIGN. EDGED WITH BLACK & WHITE GLASS BEADS; COVERED WITH COWRIE SHELLS ARRANGED IN A GEOMETRIC DESIGN; NARROW CENTRAL PANEL OF BLACK & WHITE GLASS BEADS."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 7 Jun 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Kuba
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 336966
label: USNM Number
content: E420082-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Belt