Anklet or bracelet

Museum number:

5-16761

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Alternate number:

516756

Accession number:

Acc.4739

Object count:

1

Description:

brass bells (74) strung on a cotton cord to form a bracelet or anklet. bells are round with concentric circle design cast into the surface and a loop at top.

Donor:

Berta Bascom

Collection place:

Western Africa

Verbatim coll. place:

W. Africa

Collector:

Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom

Materials:

Brass (alloy) and Cotton (textile)

Object type:

ethnography

Object class:

Anklets

Function:

2.1 Daily Garb

Accession date:

June 23, 2004

Context of use:

Decorative

Department:

Africa (except Ancient Egypt)

Dimensions:

min— diameter 0.5 centimeters, max— diameter 1 centimeters, max— length 1.2 centimeters, and min— length 1 centimeters

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