Necklace

Museum number:
5-16015
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.4692
Description:
necklace of multi-colored glass beads strung in segments of multiple strands of the same color, divided by single white Dutch trade beads [handwritten on card: each] segment encircles by one strand of small beads; culminates in three large beads with multiple strands of [handwritten on card: small] beads hanging free; D 39?
Donor:
Berta Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Nigeria; Yoruba
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Materials:
Glass (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Necklaces
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Accession date:
December 5, 1997
Context of use:
ceremonial necklace
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
?— diameter 39 centimeters
Comment:
file code: 5.3 (?)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Necklace, accession number 5-16015, described as necklace of multi-colored glass beads strung in segments of multiple strands of the same color, divided by single white Dutch trade beads [handwritten on card: each] segment encircles by one strand of small beads; culminates in three large beads with multiple strands of [handwritten on card: small] beads hanging free; D 39?Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Necklace, accession number 5-16015, described as necklace of multi-colored glass beads strung in segments of multiple strands of the same color, divided by single white Dutch trade beads [handwritten on card: each] segment encircles by one strand of small beads; culminates in three large beads with multiple strands of [handwritten on card: small] beads hanging free; D 39?
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Necklace, accession number 5-16015, described as necklace of multi-colored glass beads strung in segments of multiple strands of the same color, divided by single white Dutch trade beads [handwritten on card: each] segment encircles by one strand of small beads; culminates in three large beads with multiple strands of [handwritten on card: small] beads hanging free; D 39?

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