crotal;
ornament
- Museum number
- Af1979,18.3
- Description
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Crotal, ornament; lost-wax cast in bronze. Hollow, hemi-spherical in form with incurving terminals. Four short projections on either side; suspension loop at top formed of two pices of bronze wire.
- Production date
- 9thC-10thC (circa)
- Dimensions
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Height: 2.50 centimetres
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Weight: 3.52 grammes
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Width: 2.10 centimetres
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Depth: 1 centimetres
- Location
- Not on display
- Condition
- Good; some surface corrosion. Fair; incomplete. Surface corrosion. Both ends cut and polished (scientific analysis).
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Af1979,18.3
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: IU.3 (Igbo-Ukwu sequential number)
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Other BM number: Af1956,15.6 (Allocated this number, in error)