Bracelet
MOA: University of British Columbia
3522/61
Aluminum oval-shaped bracelet with opening at back. Top, bottom and interior sides are flat; exterior is rounded. Exterior is decorated with semi-circles, done in relief, that extend from the top and bottom edges; semi-circles along top edge are outlines, ones along bottom edge are solid. Repeating diamond motif runs through the centre of bracelet, formed in the negative space between the semi-circles.
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Narrative
The donor taught in a rural school in Tobli, eastern Liberia, from 1965 to 1967.
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History Of Use
Aluminum bracelets are sometimes for children.
- Type of Item bracelet
- Culture Krahn
- Material aluminium metal
- Measurements height 0.5 cm, width 7.1 cm, depth 6.4 cm (overall)
- Previous Owner Donald White
- Received from Donald White
- Made in Liberia
- Collection Date between 1965 and 1968
- Ownership Date before August 27, 2021
- Acquisition Date on August 27, 2021
- Item Classes metalwork
- Condition fair
- Accession Number 3522/0061