- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Arm ornament of red, pink, blue and white trade beads wound over a core of rope. [El.B 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 17/6/2005]
- Geographical reference
- Cultural groups
- Shona
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1864
- Date collected
- circa 1864
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1919
- Materials and processes
- Material Bead, Material Rope, Process Beadwork, Process Strung, Process Wound
- Dimensions
- Diameter: max 86 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1919.29.134 Other numbers: 6
Search terms: Ornament, Arm Ornament
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