Heavy neck-ring(?), made of brass coil, Masai, Eas

Made:
1880-1910 in Africa
Heavy neck-ring(?), made of brass coil, Masai, East Africa Heavy neck-ring(?), made of brass coil, Masai, East Africa
Heavy neck-ring(?), made of brass coil, Masai, East Africa Heavy neck-ring(?), made of brass coil, Masai, East Africa

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Heavy neck-ring(?), made of brass coil, Masai, East Africa
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Heavy neck-ring(?), made of brass coil, Masai, East Africa
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London

Heavy neck-ring(?), made of brass coil, Masai, East Africa, 1880-1910

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A18792
Materials:
brass
Measurements:
minimum: diameter 110 mm
maximum: diameter 190 mm
type:
neck rings
credit:
Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)

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