Pendant
MOA: University of British Columbia
3522/7
Brass leopard tooth pendant with a hole drilled through the top. White cotton knotted string loop runs through the hole.
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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
Meant to be a pendant for a Dan necklace. (The cotton loop is likely not original, probably had a plant fibre cord?)
- Type of Item pendant
- Culture Dan
- Material brass metal, cotton fibre
- Measurements height 11.0 cm, width 1.3 cm, depth 2.3 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 good
- Accession Number 3522/0007