Bangle; Lesêka
Item
Title
Bangle; Lesêka
Creator
Unrecorded
Description
Physical Description: Bracelet made of plaited and twisted wire, comprised of a braid of silver coloured and copper wire bordered by twists of copper wire. These are held together with brass wrapping similar to staples in two places, and two staples at either end, where the bracelet fastens with a wire hook and eye. There is slight verdigris on some areas of the copper wire.
Publisher
Making African Connections
Date
Pre 1900
Type
PhysicalObject
Format
Whole: 20 mm x 3 mm x 67 mm
Metal
Identifier
R4233/20
Source
Part of collection donated by Mrs Ethel May Clarke of 'South African and other Ethnographical specimens brought home about 1900'.
Ethel May Clarke
Southern Africa, Africa
Pre 1900
Space/Place
Botswana, Southern Africa, Africa
Cultural Group: Tswana
Rights
Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International