Necklace or bracelet with pendant
Necklace or bracelet with pendant

Currently not on view

Necklace or bracelet with pendant,

before 1948

Lega artist
2013-36

Information

Title
Necklace or bracelet with pendant
Dates

before 1948

Maker
Lega artist
Medium
Bone, quartz beads, and plant fiber
Dimensions
l. 31.7 cm (12 1/2 in.) pendant: h. 11.9 cm, diam. 2.0 cm (4 11/16 x 13/16 in.) each bead: h. 2.0 cm, diam. 2.2 cm (13/16 x 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Perry E. H. Smith, Class of 1957
Object Number
2013-36
Place Made

Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Culture
African, Lega
Type
jewelry, bracelets (jewelry), ornament, pendants (jewelry)
Materials
stone, quartz, bone, plant fiber, beads, fiber
Techniques
carving
Subject
initiations, rituals (events), trade beads, men, social groups, faces

purchased by Perry E.H. Smith in Zaire (present-day Democratic Republic of the Congo) between 1971 and circa 1975; Princeton University Art Museum, 2013

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