Anklet or bracelet
- Museum number:
- 5-16761
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21050016761
- Alternate number:
- 516756
- Accession number:
- Acc.4739
- Description:
- brass bells (74) strung on a cotton cord to form a bracelet or anklet. bells are round with concentric circle design cast into the surface and a loop at top.
- Donor:
- Berta Bascom
- Collection place:
- Western Africa
- Verbatim coll. place:
- W. Africa
- Collector:
- Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
- Materials:
- Brass (alloy) and Cotton (textile)
- Object type:
- ethnography
- Object class:
- Anklets
- Function:
- 2.1 Daily Garb
- Accession date:
- June 23, 2004
- Context of use:
- Decorative
- Department:
- Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
- Dimensions:
- max— diameter 1 centimeters, min— length 1 centimeters, min— diameter 0.5 centimeters, and max— length 1.2 centimeters
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