Copper anklet with pattern of triangles and hour glass shapes
Item
Title
Copper anklet with pattern of triangles and hour glass shapes
Creator
Creator Unrecorded
Subject
Leg Ornament
Ornament
Description
Heavy copper band with the ends cut off, worn as an anklet by a girl. Incised with a pattern of triangles and hour glass shapes, cut deeply into the metal. The intervening spaces between this pattern are cross-hatched. [FHM15/08/2019]
Publisher
Making African Connections
Date
c.1930
Type
PhysicalObject
Format
Copper; Metal
Forged (Metal)
D = 70mm, C = 220mm [FHM15/08/2019]
Identifier
ETH.ANG3.170
A37/170
Source
Space/Place
Angola
Africa
Cultural Group: Okwanyama
Rights
© The Powell-Cotton Trust