Accession No
1951.821 B
Description
Copper alloy bracelet/bangle, rectangular cross-section, open at one end. Decorated on the outer surface with five horizontal rows of high relief cable pattern, in the centre are three protrusions. Interior surface decorated with three larger rows of high relief cable pattern. Made with cire perdue process.
Place
Africa; West Africa; Ivory Coast; [Nadoli]; Ghana
Period
Source
Goody, John Rankine "Jack" (Professor Sir) [collector and donor]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
1951.821 B
Cultural Affliation
Lo-Wiili; Lobi
Material
Metal; Copper Alloy; ?Brass
Local Term
dzesu; dzesule
Measurements
72mm x 12mm x 79mm
Events
Context (References)
Labouret, H. 1931. Les Tribus du Rameau Lobi. Paris. Pl XIX-XX.
Event Date 1931
Author: Lucie Carreau
Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for 1951.821 [A-E] reads: 'Bangles of brass (5) - made by cire perdue process. cf Lalsouret. Pl. XIX-XX for hypothetic line of development from the woven grass wrist ornament (dzesu pl. dzesule).' Catalogue card continues in different handwriting: '(D. may be copper) C. + D. ornamented with chameleon, E with a bird. All approx 7-8 cm. dia.'.
Event Date 1951
Author: rachel hand
Context (Amendments / updates)
Note on back of catalogue card reads: '[tick symbol] Checked July 73'.
Event Date 07/1973
Author: rachel hand
Context (Display)
On display in the West Africa case (27), Maudslay Hall, between 1990 and an unknown date.
Event Date 1990
Author: rachel hand
Description (Physical description)
Copper alloy bracelet/bangle, rectangular cross-section, open at one end. Decorated on the outer surface with five horizontal rows of high relief cable pattern, in the centre are three protrusions. Interior surface decorated with three larger rows of high relief cable pattern. Made with cire perdue process.
Event Date 1/9/2021
Author: Louise Puckett
FM:278733
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