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Object Number
83-14-50/30216
Display Title
Bracelet, elephant's tusk
Descriptions
Object Description
Bracelet, elephant's tusk with incised horizontal band at top and bottom edge. Catalogue Number painted on object with black paint as 30.216.
Inventory Description
Bracelet, wide ivory band, incised band at top and bottom, chipped, dark interio
Classification
- Bracelet
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms
Gulf of Guinea; Camacoons River
Materials
Elephant ivory
Dimensions
Overall: 9.2 x 8.6 x 5.5 cm (3 5/8 x 3 3/8 x 2 3/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
30.216
Provenance
Collector
Mr. John B. Sparhawk
(1870)
Donor
Mrs. John B. Sparhawk
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