Bracelet

Museum number:
5-4205
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2037
Description:
Aluminum bracelet (dessai tsakalai holahola); 2 loops, each formed by bending sheets around a core and then bending to form a closed circle; both bound with iron wire at junction; 9.0 cm max diameter.
Donor:
Paul Hinderling and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Mokolo, North Region, Cameroon
Verbatim coll. place:
N. Cameroon; Mokolo; Mafa tribe
Culture or time period:
Mafa tribe
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bracelets (jewelry)
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Accession date:
1965
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Bracelet, accession number 5-4205, described as Aluminum bracelet (dessai tsakalai holahola); 2 loops, each formed by bending sheets around a core and then bending to form a closed circle; both bound with iron wire at junction; 9.0 cm max diameter.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bracelet, accession number 5-4205, described as Aluminum bracelet (dessai tsakalai holahola); 2 loops, each formed by bending sheets around a core and then bending to form a closed circle; both bound with iron wire at junction; 9.0 cm max diameter.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bracelet, accession number 5-4205, described as Aluminum bracelet (dessai tsakalai holahola); 2 loops, each formed by bending sheets around a core and then bending to form a closed circle; both bound with iron wire at junction; 9.0 cm max diameter.

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