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1897.86.52

Copper ear ornament. [MJD DDF Body Arts Project 2010/2011 09/11/2010]

1897.86.52

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Collection type
Object
Description
Copper ear ornament. [MJD DDF Body Arts Project 2010/2011 09/11/2010]
Long description
Copper ear ornament. The ornament is a flat piece of copper shaped like a circle with two perturbing semi-circles. [MJD DDF Body Arts Project 2010/2011 09/11/2010]
Cultural groups
Tswana
Date
Date collected
?1810 - 1815
Acquisition information
Transferred: 1897
Materials and processes
Material Copper Metal, Process Hammered
Dimensions
Width: max 71 mm, Length: max 79 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1897.86.52
Research and responses

Other items collected by WJ Burchell were given to the Ashmolean Museum by Burchell's sister, Miss Burchell, 1865 and later transferred to the PRM in 1886. [AP 31/8/99]

Associated publications
This type of ornament is described on page 392 and 572 in 'Travels in the Interior of Southern Africa', by William John Burchell, 1824, Vol. II. [MJD 06/01/2014]

Search terms: Ornament, Ear Ornament

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