Double pronged bass hairpin

Item

Title

Double pronged bass hairpin

Creator

Creator Unrecorded

Subject

Hair
Headgear

Description

Double pronged hair pin, made from brass decorated with incised, geometric designs. Two tapering, flat brass prongs, joined at the top by a loop of brass. [FHM27/07/2019]

Publisher

Making African Connections

Date

c.1930

Type

PhysicalObject

Format

Brass; Metal
Forged (Metal)

Identifier

ETH.ANG2.304 .1
A36/304A

Source

Antoinette and Diana Powell-Cotton
1936

Space/Place

Angola
Africa

Rights

© The Powell-Cotton Trust