Object Details
- Label Text
- Successful Nkutshu elephant hunters or their wives wear a single engraved oil palm seed as a symbol of their status.
- Description
- Copper alloy neck ring pierces a seed pendant with incised geometric decoration, and metal is coiled around either side.
- Provenance
- Allen C. Davis, Alexandria, Virginia, acquired Democratic Republic of Congo, 1977-1980 to 2002
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- Data Source
- National Museum of African Art
- Maker
- Nkutshu artist
- Date
- Late 20th century
- Credit Line
- Gift of Allen Clayton Davis
- Medium
- Copper alloy, seed
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 15 x 12.6 x 2.2 cm (5 7/8 x 4 15/16 x 7/8 in.)
- Type
- Jewelry
