Object Number | 29-59-125 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Kimbundu |
Provenience | Angola |
Section | African |
Materials | Glass | Fiber |
Description | Narrow basketwork hoop, the outer edge completely covered with rows of alternately black and white beads (with an occasional row of blue beads); the rows are slanted slightly from the vertical so as to give a spiral effect. Worn by men. "Bought from laborers who were working on the company's plantation." |
Depth | 24 cm |
Outside Diameter | 17.5 cm |
Credit Line | Purchased from Henry C. Mercer, 1927 |
Other Number | Mercer 22525 - Old Museum Number | 138 - Field No SF |
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