Bracelet

Museum number:
5-16769
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
516756
Accession number:
Acc.4739
Description:
braided copper wire bracelet with silver plated copper terminals. cuff type. Conservation: Silver coating is worn from much at the surface and each terminal.
Donor:
Berta Bascom
Collection place:
Western Africa
Verbatim coll. place:
W. Africa
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Materials:
Copper (metal) and Silver (metal)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bracelets (jewelry)
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
June 23, 2004
Context of use:
Personal jewelry
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
length 24.5 centimeters and width 0.5 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Bracelet, accession number 5-16769, described as braided copper wire bracelet with silver plated copper terminals. cuff type. Conservation: Silver coating is worn from much at the surface and each terminal.

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