ear-ornament;
bracelet
- Museum number
- Af1947,16.71
- Description
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Ear-whorl ornament of several coils of black fibre or hair (elephant?) bound in semi-penanular manner, with black glass bead with white band.
- Dimensions
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Height: 6.40 centimetres
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Width: 6.10 centimetres
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Depth: 0.50 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Register 1947:
Another [like Af1947,16.71], of several coils of black fibre bound in semi-pennanular [sic] manner, with black glass bead having white band.
70&71 [Of kind worn in whorl of the ear by the Masai]
63-77 MASAI, KENYA.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1947
- Acquisition notes
- Register 1947:
Collected by the late C W Hobley, CMG, probably all between 1890 and 1910 by which date he had formed his "museum".
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Af1947,16.71
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: Af1974Q1.739
