Woman's Loin Belt
Unidentified Kirdi maker
20th century
Brass and leather
Overall: 26 3/16 × 1 × 9 7/16 in. (66.5 × 2.6 × 24 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Arnold and Joanne Syrop
991.47.29008
Geography
Place Made: Cameroon, Central Africa, Africa
Period
20th century
Object Name
Clothing: Accessory
Research Area
Africa
Not on view
Provenance
Joanne and Arnold Syrop, New York; given to present collection, 1991.
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