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Photo by Tom Joyce
Armlet
Photo by Tom Joyce

Armlet

Date18th - 19th century
Culture of Origin Obolo
Object number2007.154
Photo CreditPhoto by Tom Joyce
Exhibition HistoryAsheville, North Carolina, Life Force at the Anvil, A Blacksmith's Art from Africa, May 22 - August 28, 1998Published ReferencesBorel, France. Splendor of Ethnic Jewelry. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1994 p.81 Eyo, Ekpo and Frank Willett. Arts du Nigeria. Paris: Reunion des Musees Nationaux, 1997 Anderson, Martha G. and Philip M. Peek, eds. Ways of the Rivers: Arts and Environment of the Niger Delta, Los Angeles: UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History, 2002 p. 54-55
Credit LinePartial gift of Tom Joyce and partial purchase with funds from John and Robyn Horn
Dimensions8 3/4 x 4 1/2 x 4 in. (22.2 x 11.4 x 10.2 cm)
MediumCopper alloy
Photo by Tom Joyce
Obolo
18th - 19th century
Object number: 2007.157
Photo by Tom Joyce
Yoruba
18th - 19th century
Object number: 2007.155
Photo by Tom Joyce
Mbole
19th - 20th century
Object number: 2007.169
Photo by Tom Joyce
Ngombe
19th - early 20th century
Object number: 2007.171
Photo by Tom Joyce
Obolo
Object number: 2007.131
Photo by Tom Joyce
Obolo
Object number: 2007.132
Photo by Tom Joyce
Obolo
Object number: 2007.133
Photo by Tom Joyce
Obolo
Object number: 2007.158
Photo by Tom Joyce
Ngbaka
19th - 20th century
Object number: 2007.163
Photo by Tom Joyce
Mongo/Konda/Ekota/Kutu
19th - 20th century
Object number: 2007.146
Photo by Tom Joyce
Mongo/Konda/Ekota/Kutu
19th - 20th century
Object number: 2007.149
Photo by Tom Joyce
British
18th - 19th century
Object number: 2007.156