Copper Neck Torque

18th - 19th century

Obolo

Nigeria, Niger Delta region

Copper alloy

9 x 6 3/4 x 1 3/4 in. (22.9 x 17.1 x 4.4cm)

Partial gift of Tom Joyce and partial purchase with funds from John and Robyn Horn

2007.157

Photo by Tom Joyce

Not currently on view

Resources

Exhibition HistoryAsheville, North Carolina, Life Force at the Anvil, A Blacksmith's Art from Africa, May 22 - August 28, 1998

Published ReferencesBorel, France. Splendor of Ethnic Jewelry. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1994 p.81

Eyo, Ekpo. Nigeria and the Evolution of Money. Lagos, Nigeria: The Central Bank of Nigeria in association with the Federal Department of Antiquities, 1979 p. 62

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, 65

Leurquin, Anne. A World of Necklaces. Milan: Skira, 2004 p. 92

Ginzberg, Marc. African Forms. Italy: Skira Editore S.p.A., 2000 p.223

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