Ring

81-27-2

From: Sudan

Curatorial Section: African

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Object Number 81-27-2
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Bandi (uncertain)
Provenience Sudan
Section African
Materials Silver
Description

Twisted silver. Style found from Senegal to Ethiopia. This type of ring could have been worn on left thumb to ward off disease.

Outside Diameter 1.5 cm
Credit Line Gift of Robert P. Oberly, 1981

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