Pendant

Museum number:
5-12910
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050012910
Alternate number:
B-196 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.3023
Description:
Hausa silver charm pendant, 1942
Donor:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Nigeria/Niger; Hausa (Murdock 17:38, 17:40)
Culture or time period:
Hausa
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Pendants (jewelry)
Function:
5.2 Magic: Objects Associated with Practices reflecting confidence in the ability to manipulate supernatural agencies
Accession date:
December 14, 1973
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Comment:
Slide. PAHMA Storage Loc: W-5-2
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Pendant, accession number 5-12910, described as Hausa silver charm pendant, 1942Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Pendant, accession number 5-12910, described as Hausa silver charm pendant, 1942
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Pendant, accession number 5-12910, described as Hausa silver charm pendant, 1942

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