Bangle bracelet

Museum number:
5-16970
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.4772
Description:
brass bangle bracelet. very heavy, solid, brass hammered to triangular knife-like edge. split ring. cross hatched pattern with dots. rough interior surface.
Donor:
Dorothy Shack
Collection place:
Ethiopia
Culture or time period:
Gurage
Collector:
Dorothy Shack and William A. Shack
Materials:
Brass (alloy)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bangles
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Accession date:
May 14, 2009
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
width 2.5 centimeters and diameter 12.4 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Bangle bracelet, accession number 5-16970, described as brass bangle bracelet. very heavy, solid, brass hammered to triangular knife-like edge. split ring. cross hatched pattern with dots. rough interior surface.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Bangle bracelet, accession number 5-16970, described as brass bangle bracelet. very heavy, solid, brass hammered to triangular knife-like edge. split ring. cross hatched pattern with dots. rough interior surface.

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