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1916.45.139

Metal torque with a 'twisted' effect at either end and the letters CH incised on one end. Worn by widows at funerals and placed by ancestral image. [JP 20/2/2002]

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1916.45.139

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Collection type
Object
Description
Metal torque with a 'twisted' effect at either end and the letters CH incised on one end. Worn by widows at funerals and placed by ancestral image. [JP 20/2/2002]
Geographical reference
Nigeria
Africa > Western Africa > Nigeria
Southern Nigeria Niger Delta Rivers State Abonnema
Cultural groups
Ijo
Kalabari Ijo
Person
Field collector Percy Amaury Talbot
PRM source Percy Amaury Talbot
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1916
Date collected
By 1916
Acquisition information
Donated: 1916
Materials and processes
Material Copper Metal, Material Iron Metal
Dimensions
Length x Width 280 x 170 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1916.45.139
Research and responses

See Talbot, 'Tribes of the Niger Delta', 1932, p. 235. [CF 26/3/2001]

Search terms: Religion, Ornament, Status, Death, Religious Offering, Neck Ornament, Funeral Accessory