Leg or arm manacles, made from a cylindrical metal bar hammered flat at one end and shaped into a crescent. The other end is rounded with a perforated loop. Two 'D' shaped cuffs attached to the bar by two loops. A length of twisted rope is threaded through the looped end of the cylindrical bar. [CW [OPS Move] 11/4/2017]

Collection type: Object
Description: Leg or arm manacles, made from a cylindrical metal bar hammered flat at one end and shaped into a crescent. The other end is rounded with a perforated loop. Two 'D' shaped cuffs attached to the bar by two loops. A length of twisted rope is threaded through the looped end of the cylindrical bar. [CW [OPS Move] 11/4/2017]
Geographical reference: Nigeria
Africa > Western Africa > Nigeria; Akwa Ibom State Ikot Ekpene
Cultural groups: Ibibio
Person: Field collector Mervyn David Waldegrave Jeffreys; PRM source Wellcome Historical Medical Museum
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1942
Date collected: By 1942
Acquisition information: Donated: 1942
Materials and processes: Material Iron Metal, Material Oil Fat, Process Forged (Metal), Process Hammered
Dimensions: Depth: max 25 mm, Width: max 105 mm, Length: max 273 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1942.13.784 Other numbers: 5082

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