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Object Number
17-41-50/B1728
Display Title
Ivory Hairpin
Descriptions
Object Description
Long ivory pin - The pin is carved from a single piece of ivory. It has a decorative base with the pin becoming gradually thinner from the bottom to the tip. The base has been carved into three consecutive geometric shapes: a circle and two diamonds. Each of these shapes has a circle cut out of its center. The surface (of both sides of the base) has been decorated with small circular indentations filled with pigment. They outline the circle, the edges of the diamonds and the inner circles.
The Peabody number is written on the side of the pin down by the base.
Inventory Description
Pin, round top, cutout edges, 3 perforations, dot design, pointed shaft
Classification
- Pin
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Mangbetu
- Zande
- Barambo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Congo
Additional Geographic Terms
Welle Basin; Democratic Republic of Congo, northeast
Materials
Ivory, Pigment
Dimensions
Overall: 29.4 x 3.4 x 0.5 cm (11 9/16 x 1 5/16 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
17-41-50/B.1728
Provenance
Collector
Henri Pareyn
(1892 - 1894)
Dealer
William O. Oldman
(1894 - 1917)
Donor
Mr. Oric Bates
(1917 - July 1917)
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