String anklet made of a circular loop of plant fibre wrapped in plant fibre string

Item

Title

String anklet made of a circular loop of plant fibre wrapped in plant fibre string

Creator

Creator Unrecorded

Subject

Leg Ornament
Ornament

Description

String anklet made of a circular loop of plant fibre wrapped in plant fibre string. The anklet is damaged in one place, where the string is unravelled and the interior fibre is visible. These anklets were worn by a young girl; older girls and women wore a copper version.

Publisher

Making African Connections

Date

c.1930

Type

PhysicalObject

Format

Plant; Fibre

Identifier

ETH.ANG2.1446
A36/1446

Source

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

Space/Place

Angola
Africa

Rights

© The Powell-Cotton Trust