Prestige tza (armlets)
Prestige tza (armlets)
Prestige tza (armlets)
Prestige tza (armlets)
Prestige tza (armlets)
Prestige tza (armlets)

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Prestige tza (armlets),

early 20th century

Artist unrecorded
Bamileke
2023-79

Information

Title
Prestige tza (armlets)
Dates

early 20th century

Maker
Artist unrecorded
Medium
Ivory and raffia
Dimensions
35.6 × 10.2 cm (14 × 4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Noriko Ohta in memory of Austin Newton, Professor Emeritus, Molecular Biology
Object Number
2023-79
Place Made

Africa, Cameroon, Grassfields

Culture
African, Bamileke
Type
jewelry, armlets

Fon (local ruler or king), unrecorded Bamileke kingdom; acquired by Ismaila Mbouombou, Bamenda, Cameroon, 1987; [purchased by Charles Davis, Davis Gallery, New Orleans, LA, in Bamenda, Cameroon, 1987]; purchased by Austin Newton (1937-2022), Princeton, NJ, 1989; estate of Austin Newton, 2022; donated to the Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton, NJ, 2023.

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