Metal collar

Museum number:
5-1790
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
C1 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.1383
Description:
Double ridged metal collar (nkyemé); 1.25"3.17cm More often worn by men. Source of brass questionable, probably in good percentage melted down from trade brass of 19th century. Consult Tessmann Vol I, pg. 241 Some words in original transcript undecipherable
Donor:
James W. Fernandez and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Gabon
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Gabon, Fang...District Bitam
Culture or time period:
Fang
Collector:
James W. Fernandez
Collection date:
1960
Materials:
Metal
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Accession date:
1961
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Metal collar, accession number 5-1790, described as Double ridged metal collar (nkyemé); 1.25"3.17cm More often worn by men. Source of brass questionable, probably in good percentage melted down from trade brass of 19th century. Consult Tessmann Vol I, pg. 241 Some words in original transcript undecipherable
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Metal collar, accession number 5-1790, described as Double ridged metal collar (nkyemé); 1.25"3.17cm More often worn by men. Source of brass questionable, probably in good percentage melted down from trade brass of 19th century. Consult Tessmann Vol I, pg. 241 Some words in original transcript undecipherable

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