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1942.13.1528

?Head ornament, in the form of a ring, covered with a beaded band with a circle section. [AB [OPS move] 12/12/2016]

1942.13.1528

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Collection type
Object
Description
?Head ornament, in the form of a ring, covered with a beaded band with a circle section. [AB [OPS move] 12/12/2016]
Long description
In the form of a thick rigid round-sectioned ring of fibre string wound round a curved strip of bamboo, the greater part of the surface, with the exception of a narrow band on the inner side, covered with small globular red beads, with a smaller number of white beads, from the one end the bamboo strip protrudes and slides in a corresponding opening in the opposite end but covered only with red beads and with a few cowries set in at regular intervals. [AB [OPS move] 12/12/2016]
Geographical reference
Cameroon
Africa > Central Africa > Cameroon
Bamenda
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1942
Date collected
By 1942
Acquisition information
Donated: 1942
Materials and processes
Material String, Material Plant Fibre, Material Bamboo Plant, Material Bead, Material Cowrie Shell, Process Beadwork
Dimensions
Diameter: max 210 mm, Height: max 40 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1942.13.1528 Other numbers: 272

Search terms: Ornament, Head Ornament

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