arm-cuff
- Museum number
- Af1947,08.3
- Description
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Arm-cuff; made in sheet brass and copper.
- Production date
- 19thC (?)
- Dimensions
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Height: 13.20 centimetres
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Weight: 223 grammes
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Width: 8.50 centimetres
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Depth: 8.70 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Register 1947:
Brass hammered armlet, a sheet stitched with copper to form cylinder, engraved with conventional figure, flanked by vertical vegetable motifs.
BENIN.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1947
- Acquisition notes
- Af1947,08.1 to 5 were purchased from Captain R Johnes. All are thought to come from Nigeria.
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Af1947,08.3
