Bronze necklace; circle of anthropomorphic heads with openwork, snake-like hair; hook catch; dia. 29 cm.
Donor:
The Calvin K. and Doreen B. Townsend Donation and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Cameroon
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Cameroon; Ba-Mun (Murdock ... 30:7)
Culture or time period:
Bamun
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Necklaces
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Accession date:
1967
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Loans:
S1975-1976 #7: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (August 21, 1975–November 20, 1975), S1977-1978 #33: Presidio Army Museum (February 9, 1978–February 23, 1978), and S1983-1984 #4: City of Palo Alto (August 22, 1983–January 11, 1984)