Eight wristlets made from the skin of a wildebeest some with decorative knobs

Item

Title

Eight wristlets made from the skin of a wildebeest some with decorative knobs

Creator

Creator Unrecorded

Subject

Arm Ornament
Ornament

Description

Eight wristlets, bracelets or bangles made from the skin of a wildebeest cut in a continuous loop. Some have a single decorative knob, also cut from the same piece of hide, others are plain. Worn by women.

Publisher

Making African Connections

Date

c.1930

Type

PhysicalObject

Format

Animal; Hide; Skin

Identifier

ETH.ANG3.13
A37/13

Source

The Powell-Cotton Museum
Antoinette and Diana Powell-Cotton
1937

Space/Place

Angola
Africa

Rights

© The Powell-Cotton Trust