DepartmentTextiles-Africa

Necklace

NameNecklace

Artist Artist Not Recorded

Dateca 1960 ca 1975

Place madeNORTHERN CAMEROON, NEAR MAROUA, CAMEROON, AFRICA

Mediummetal

Dimensions19 1/8 × 3 3/4 in. (48.6 × 9.5 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, Gift of Dr. Marshall Clinard Ph. D., A.1989.38.17

Object numberA.1989.38.17

Collections

Africa.

DescriptionBrass beads strung on cotton fabric stip, with cut brass and copper pendant with dangling chains. Barrel-shaped beads; oblong pendant with copper strip riveted on, showing 3 cut-out squares. Brass looped ornament hangs over pendant, and 20 rows of long, rusty metal chain pieces hang down. A few blue and clear glass beads are strung along the upper edge of the pendant.