- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Neck ornament with amulets.
- Long description
- Ornament with plaited leather cord, half black and half yellow in colour. The cord is frayed in places. Weighted with leather-covered European penknife from which hang three leather-covered charms, two with metal rings protruding. [MJD (Verve) 8/11/2016]
- Cultural groups
- Fulani
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1909
- Date collected
- 1909 - 1920
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1966
- Materials and processes
- Material Animal Leather Skin, Material Metal, Process Plaited, Process Stitched
- Dimensions
- Length 381 mm, Width 95 mm, Depth: max 28 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1966.16.37
Search terms: Ornament, Religion, Neck Ornament, Amulet
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