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Beaded cloth-rope necklace

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Creation Date:

1800 CE circa

Description:

A beaded cloth rope necklace probably for royalty

Material:

Composite

Medium:

Cloth and glass

Technique:

Beaded

Decorative Technique:

None

Decorative Motif:

None

Culture:

African

Period or Region:

Western and Central Sudan

Style Or Location:

Owerri Province

Group:

Orlu

Country of Origin:

Nigeria

Modern Country Name:

Nigeria

Category:

Ornament

Object Type:

Necklace

Dimensions:

1.6x67.3x1.75cm

Whole Or Part:

Whole

Inscription:

None

Date Accessioned:

11/10/1976

Original Information:

Envelope "39G/169, Orlu tribe, Owerri Province, Nigeria, v. unusual rope of four strands on twisted cloth, thousands tiny many colored beads, 26" long, colored, circa 1800 AD, EF, 37.50-50, HE, 268"; Dr. DeLancey "Kuba of Zaire origin?"

Auction House Information:

Hans M. F. Schulman, Public Coin Auction, Part III, pg. 21, January 26-27, 1971

Provenance:

Howard D. Gibbs

Accession #:

76.1.0115

Collection:

Madison Art

Record created:

Jan. 1, 1980

Last modified:

Aug. 24, 2010

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