Ornament
- Museum number:
- 5-1926
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21050001926
- Accession number:
- Acc.1383
- Description:
- Metal medicine ring with monkey nut; length: 1¾ inches.
- Donor:
- James W. Fernandez and University Appropriation
- Collection place:
- Gabon
- Verbatim coll. place:
- Africa; Gabon, Fang
- Culture or time period:
- Fang
- Collector:
- James W. Fernandez
- Collection date:
- 1960
- Materials:
- Metal
- Object type:
- ethnography
- Object class:
- Ornaments (object genre)
- Function:
- 5.2 Magic: Objects Associated with Practices reflecting confidence in the ability to manipulate supernatural agencies
- Accession date:
- 1961
- Department:
- Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
- Images:
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- Legacy documentation:
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