Accession No
1948.2386 B
Description
Neck ornament of stuffed basketwork; spherical body with narrow neck and slightly wider top. Covered in glass beads arranged in white and red triangles.
Place
Africa; Central Africa; Rwanda
Period
Source
Guillebaud, Margaret Lindesay Gamul (Mrs) [donor]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
1948.2386 B
Cultural Affliation
Material
Plant; Glass; Fibre
Local Term
Measurements
55mm
Events
Context (Acquisition Details)
(bio) (female donor): Mrs M. Guilleband
Event Date
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Description for 1948.2386 A-D: 'Four neck ornaments (charms). Three in the shape of little bottles (A-C) the fourth finger shaped. They have to be worn on a piece of raffia threaded, in the case of A-C through two holes just below the neck, and D, at one end. They are made of stuffed basket work? and covered with beadwork.
A: Red and yellow beads in horizontal lines of triangles.
B: Red and white beads in horizontal lines of triangles.
C: White beads, plain.
D: Red beads zigzagging on white ground.'
Event Date
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Neck ornament of stuffed basketwork; spherical body with narrow neck and slightly wider top. Covered in glass beads arranged in white and red triangles.
Event Date 30/11/2022
Author: Lily Stancliffe
FM:300353
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