Woman's Necklace from the Lamang of Nigeria or a Cache-sexe from the Kapsiki of Cameroon.

Unidentified Kapsiki or Lamang maker

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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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