Circular basket-work bracelet; band of spirally coiled reed wound around on itself with two sliders for adjusting its size. [EC 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 26/10/2005]

Collection type: Object
Description: Circular basket-work bracelet; band of spirally coiled reed wound around on itself with two sliders for adjusting its size. [EC 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 26/10/2005]
Geographical reference: Ghana
Africa > Western Africa > Ghana; Northern region
Cultural groups: Tallensi
Person: Field collector Meyer Fortes; PRM source Meyer Fortes
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1934
Date collected: 1934 - 1936
Acquisition information: Donated: 1940
Materials and processes: Material Reed Plant, Process Twisted, Process Coiled, Process Basketry
Dimensions: Diameter: max 50 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1940.11.44
Research and responses: 17 bangles are entries [1940.11.39 - 55]. [CF 3/4/2000]
1940.11.44 - 48 are similar and are tied together. [EC 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 26/10/2005]

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