Object Number | 29-59-81 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Ambundu |
Provenience | Angola |
Section | African |
Materials | Fiber | Gourd | Shell |
Description | 23 shells and veriously shaped pieces of wood on fibre strings which are attached to a loop of heavily woven bark rope. "Njanga moaning emblem of the spirit - the spirit sits in that emblem and hence acts on behalf of the wearer." |
Credit Line | Purchased from Henry C. Mercer, 1927 |
Other Number | Mercer Unknown - Old Museum Number | 354 - Collector Number |
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