Bangle bracelet

Museum number:
5-16965
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.4772
Description:
ivory bracelet, bangle style. sawed through at one side and re-joined with wire. a lid on the inner edge of each side is decorated with small circles, each with a dot in the center.
Donor:
Dorothy Shack
Collection place:
Ethiopia
Culture or time period:
Fuge and Gurage
Collector:
Dorothy Shack and William A. Shack
Materials:
Ivory (material)
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 3.9 centimeters and diameter 9.7 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Bangle bracelet, accession number 5-16965, described as ivory bracelet, bangle style. sawed through at one side and re-joined with wire. a lid on the inner edge of each side is decorated with small circles, each with a dot in the center.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Bangle bracelet, accession number 5-16965, described as ivory bracelet, bangle style. sawed through at one side and re-joined with wire. a lid on the inner edge of each side is decorated with small circles, each with a dot in the center.

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