Woman's Necklace from the Lamang of Nigeria or a Cache-sexe from the Kapsiki of Cameroon.
Unidentified Kapsiki or Lamang maker
19th-20th century
Copper alloy and string
Overall: 2 5/8 × 3/8 × 9/16 in. (6.7 × 0.9 × 1.5 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Arnold and Joanne Syrop
985.7.26430
Geography
Place Made: Cameroon, Central Africa, Africa
Period
19th century
Object Name
Personal Adornment
Research Area
Africa
Not on view
Provenance
Joanne and Arnold Syrop, New York; given to present collection, 1985.
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