Bead

62-6-1

From: Ghana

Curatorial Section: African

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Object Number 62-6-1
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Ashanti
Provenience Ghana
Locus Ashanti
Date Made 19th century
Section African
Materials Gold
Iconography Cylinder
Description

Hollow cylinder. Wire technique; entire surface horizontally grooved. Divided vertically into three bands, the outer ones each with two rows of cut-out triangles forming between them an hourglass pattern, the middle band composed of a narrow band with cut-out squares between two narrow bands. Ends bent-over.

Length 6.5 cm
Depth 1.5 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Elizabeth Freund, 1962

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