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Object Number
83-14-50/30217
Display Title
Bracelet, elephant's tusk
Descriptions
Object Description
Bracelet, elephant's tusk with incised horizontal bands on the top and bottom edge. Peabody Number painted on object with black paint.
Inventory Description
Bracelet, wide ivory band, incised bands at top and bottom
Classification
- Bracelet
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms
Gulf of Guinea; Camacoons River
Materials
Elephant ivory
Dimensions
Overall: 8.5 x 7.9 x 6.2 cm (3 3/8 x 3 1/8 x 2 7/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
83-14-50/30.217
Provenance
Collector
Mr. John B. Sparhawk
(1870)
Donor
Mrs. John B. Sparhawk
(1883)
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