Necklace of ostrich egg shell beads with a pendant wound in small blue and white beads
Item
Title
Necklace of ostrich egg shell beads with a pendant wound in small blue and white beads
Creator
Creator Unrecorded
Subject
Neck Ornament
Medicine
Description
Medicinal necklace made from a string of onjeva (ostrich egg) beads from which hangs a pendant wound with small blue beads and small white eggshell beads. The necklace has been stained red with lukula.
Publisher
Making African Connections
Date
c.1930
Type
PhysicalObject
Format
Eggshell
Identifier
ETH.ANG3.111
A37/111
Source
Space/Place
Angola
Africa
Rights
© The Powell-Cotton Trust