Ornamental string of shells
Date20th century
Place Made DisplayAfrica; Nigeria
MediumLeather, cowrie shells, and coins (mid-20th-c. pennies and half-pennies)
DimensionsOverall: 10 1/2 inches (26.7 cm)
CultureNigeria, Yoruba people
ClassificationsArtifacts
Credit LineGift of Dorothy Brill Robbins, Class of 1933
Terms
- Nigeria
- Artifacts
- cowry shells and coins
- Yoruba
Object number91.099.006
Collections
mid-20th century
ca. 1800-1900
late 19th-early 20th century