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ndoro (cone shell disks, worn costume accessories, ... Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name)) |
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Note: Spiral cone shell disks worn as ornaments and prestige objects by the Shona people of Zimbabwe and Mozambique, taken from the base of the shell of the marine snail species Conus. |
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ndoro (preferred,C,U,English-P,D,U,PN)
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ndoro (Spanish-P,D,U,SN)
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ndoro (Dutch-P,D,U,U)
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Facet/Hierarchy Code: V.TE |
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.... Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name) (G) |
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........ Costume (hierarchy name) (G) |
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............ costume (mode of fashion) (G) |
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................ costume accessories (G) |
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.................... worn costume accessories (G) |
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........................ cone shell disks (G) |
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............................ ndoro (G) |
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Dutch ..... Spiraalvormige cone shell disks, gedragen als sieraden of als teken van status door de Shona, een volk uit Zimbabwe en Mozambique, gemaakt van de onderkant van de huisjes van de zeeslakkensoort Conus (kegelslakken). |
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Sources and Contributors: |
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ndoro............ |
[CDBP-SNPC Preferred, RKD, AAT-Ned Preferred, VP Preferred] |
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AAT-Ned (1994-) |
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Africa Calls from Zimbabwe (1980-1987) No. 151, 4 |
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Contributed as a candidate term Candidate term -- AFRART -- 6/99 |
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Dewey, Pleasing the Ancesters (1991) 206 |
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Ellert, Material Culture of Zimbabwe (1984) 117, H. Ellert, "The ndoro of Zimbabwe." |
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TAA database (2000-) |
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Zimbabwe (1988-) Vol. 3, No. 1, 57, Gilbert Pwiti and Godfrey Mahachi, "Shona ethnography and the interpretation of Iron Age Zimbabwe burials: the significance of burial location." |
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