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1940.10.50.2

Silver breast ornament, incised silver bowl-shape with pendant plates. [El.B 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 20/6/2005]

1940.10.50.2

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Collection type
Object
Description
Silver breast ornament, incised silver bowl-shape with pendant plates. [El.B 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 20/6/2005]
Geographical reference
Morocco
Africa > Northern Africa > Morocco
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1940
Date collected
1930 or 1936?
Acquisition information
Donated: 1940
Materials and processes
Material Silver Metal, Process Incised
Dimensions
Length: max 225 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1940.10.50.2 Other numbers: 139
Research and responses

Major Powell-Cotton mounted expeditions to Morocco in 1930 and 1936, and it seems likely that this object was acquired during one of these two trips [RTS 25/8/2004].

See also 1940.10.50 .1 [1940.10.50a] [EC 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 10/10/2005]

Search terms: Ornament, Breast Ornament