Earring ?

MOA: University of British Columbia

3123/83

Bronze earring or small bracelet. Object is a thin hoop made of strands of metal twisted tightly together, one copper, one bronze, and the third a dark grey iron. They are curled up at the ends to hold the twist in place. Ends are unjoined.


  • Type of Item earring
  • Culture Akan
  • Material bronze metal, copper metal, iron metal
  • Measurements height 0.4 cm, width 4.2 cm, depth 3.9 cm, weight 6.2 g (overall)

  • Previous Owner Cornelia Hahn Oberlander
  • Received from Cornelia Hahn Oberlander

  • Made in Ghana

  • Ownership Date before July 22, 2015
  • Acquisition Date on July 22, 2015

  • Item Classes metalwork
  • Condition good
  • Accession Number 3123/0083