- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Charm. Brass bell shaped charm decorated with a coiled metal wire on the exterior. The charm is attached to a strip of plant fibre that has been looped to create a string of charms. The charms alternate between Manilla rings and bell-shaped charms. Also attached to the string are 1942.13.712 .1 - .8 [ASh [OPS move] 22/3/2017]
- Cultural groups
- Ibibio
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1933
- Date collected
- November 1933
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1942
- Materials and processes
- Material Brass Metal, Material Plant Fibre, Material Copper Alloy Metal, Process Plaited, Process Knotted, Process Moulded
- Dimensions
- Diameter: max 10 mm, Length: max 29 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1942.13.712.8 Other numbers: 296
Search terms: Religion, Ritual and Ceremonial, Currency, Amulet, Ceremonial Object, Token
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