DepartmentTextiles-Africa

Necklace

NameNecklace

Artist Artist not recorded

Place madeShilluk Kingdom, Sudan, North Africa, Africa

MediumWood, silver, raffia cord

Dimensions1 3/16 × 17 11/16 in. (3 × 45 cm)
Height: largest woodbead; Width: extended

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Florence Dibell Bartlett, A.1955.86.669

Object numberA.1955.86.669

Collections

The Florence Dibell Bartlett Collection

DescriptionWood, button-shaped beads, with graduated sizes strung on raffia cord with central silver bead. Beads, choker-style, of wood, light weight, graduated in size, strung on several strands of raffia, knotted at one end, with loop to fit over the opposite end. Near the outer edge of bead is partially discernable circular stamp with small star inside.