Girl's Beaded Breast Ornament
Unidentified possibly Zulu maker
Beads and metal
Overall: 14 9/16 in. (37 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of the Estate of Mrs. Edward Kimball Hall, Class of 1892 W
50.22.12421
Geography
Place Made: South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
Object Name
Personal Adornment
Research Area
Africa
Not on view
Provenance
Collected by Sally Maynard Drew Hall (Mrs. Edward Kimball Hall); to her daughter, Dorothy Hall Leavitt (Mrs. Laurence Gillelan Leavitt); given to present collection, 1950.
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