Cowrie Shell Belt
name: label: Discipline
content: Anthropology
label: Region
content: African Region
notes: label: Description
content: This object is part of the Education and Outreach collection, some of which are in the Q?rius science education center and available to see.
label: Notes
content: A woven reed belt from Kenya decorated with cowrie shells. The belt is made of beige, brown, and red reeds woven in a repeating geometric pattern. Along the top and bottom of the belt is a line of 29 white and orange cowrie shells. One row is missing a shell and another has come partly detached. Each side of the belt has braided reed strings to tie the belt together. The reeds on the body of the belt are stiff and have cracked where it is folded.
label: Number of objects in this record
content: 1
label: Record Last Modified
content: 7 Nov 2023
place: label: Collecting Locality
content: Africa, Kenya
topic: label: Topic
content: Education & Outreach
setName: label: See more items in
content: Q?rius, The Coralyn W. Whitney Science Education Center
identifier: label: USNM Number
content: EO400695
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Education and Outreach collections
physicalDescription: label: Material
content: Reed, Shell, Plant Fiber, Cotton