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Object Number
17-41-50/B1727
Display Title
Ivory Hairpin
Descriptions
Object Description
Long ivory pin - The pin is carved from a single piece of ivory. It has a paddle shaped base which gradually tapers into the pin. The base is decorated with small circular indentations filled with pigment (which form a different geometric design on each side of the base). One side is composed of four semi-circles divided by two triangles and the other has eight semi-circles divided by a straight line.
The Peabody number is written on one side down by the base.
Inventory Description
Pin, triangular spatulate end, pointed shaft, punctate semicircular designs
Classification
- Pin
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Zande
- Barambo
- Mangbetu
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Congo
Additional Geographic Terms
Welle Basin; Democratic Republic of Congo, northeast
Materials
Ivory, Pigment
Dimensions
Overall: 27.2 x 3 x 0.3 cm (10 11/16 x 1 3/16 x 1/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
17-41-50/B1727
Provenance
Collector
Henri Pareyn
(1894)
Dealer
William O. Oldman
(1917)
Donor
Mr. Oric Bates
(July 1917)
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