Thumb ring made from a simple overlapping loop of copper

Item

Title

Thumb ring made from a simple overlapping loop of copper

Creator

Creator Unrecorded

Subject

Thumb Ring
Music

Description

Woman's thumb ring made from a simple overlapping loop of copper. Used for beating rhythm on brass wire instruments.

Publisher

Making African Connections

Date

c.1930

Type

PhysicalObject

Format

Copper; Metal

Identifier

ETH.ANG2.1443
A36/1443

Source

The Powell-Cotton Museum
Antoinette and Diana Powell-Cotton
1936

Space/Place

Angola
Africa

Rights

© The Powell-Cotton Trust