bag;
charm
- Museum number
- Af,+.5849
- Description
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Charm composed of an antelope horn emerging from a plaited string bag which appears to contain antimony; round the neck is an iron ring above which is tied a strip of blue cotton containing white powder.
- Production date
- 1873 (?)
- Dimensions
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Height: 44.50 centimetres
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Width: 9.50 centimetres
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Depth: 7 centimetres
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1892
- Acquisition notes
- Af,+.5843 to 5851 were all purchased from the Christy Fund on 24 September 1892. All come from the collection of the explorer Wilhelm Junker, and are accompanied by short descriptions in German. They were all made in the lower Congo (probably Republic of Congo rather than Angola), an area that he seems only to have visited in 1873.
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Af,+.5849
- Additional IDs
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CDMS number: Af1892C2.5849 (old CDMS no.)