Large, heavy copper anklet

Item

Title

Large, heavy copper anklet

Creator

Creator Unrecorded

Subject

Leg Ornament
Ornament

Description

Large, thick copper anklet, one of a pair, worn by a woman. According to notes found in the original cataloguing cards, the anklet had "evidently been used for making Edilo cake for lukula powder. Has pitted appearance not burnished as when worn". Split at the back. [FHM29/07/2019]

Publisher

Making African Connections

Date

c.1930

Type

PhysicalObject

Format

Copper; Metal
Beaten
C = 105mm [FHM29/07/2019]

Identifier

ETH.ANG2.1028
A36/1028

Source

Antoinette and Diana Powell-Cotton
1937

Space/Place

Angola
Africa

Rights

© The Powell-Cotton Trust

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