Neck ornament

Museum number:
5-4210a-j
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
35 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2037
Description:
Neck ornament (zelam); semi-lunate shape; loop at one end for suspension; engraved designs on concave face; 11.5-17.5 cm long. Made by Mafa smiths; worn for ornament by women on festival and market days; some hang on iron chain on back of neck; in disuse after 1964.
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
Collector:
Paul Hinderling
Collection date:
August 1, 1964
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
2.4 Fine Clothes and Accoutrements not used exclusively for status or religious purposes
Accession date:
1965
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Neck ornament, accession number 5-4210a-j, described as Neck ornament (zelam); semi-lunate shape; loop at one end for suspension; engraved designs on concave face; 11.5-17.5 cm long. Made by Mafa smiths; worn for ornament by women on festival and market days; some hang on iron chain on back of neck; in disuse after 1964.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Neck ornament, accession number 5-4210a-j, described as Neck ornament (zelam); semi-lunate shape; loop at one end for suspension; engraved designs on concave face; 11.5-17.5 cm long. Made by Mafa smiths; worn for ornament by women on festival and market days; some hang on iron chain on back of neck; in disuse after 1964.

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