Amulets Charms (Gree-Grees)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 10 Sep 1874
name: label: Donor Name
content: Rev. Ralph R. Gurley
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "A COLLECTION OF CHARMS OR AMULETS INCLUDING: EIGHT SMALL HORNS (L. 7-13.5 CM.) SOME FILLED, SOME STRUNG ON RAFFIA CORD OR AN IRON RING/ ONE BRAIDED FIBRE CORD WITH WOVEN BAG AND THREE SEEDS AS PENDANTS L. CA. 30 CM./ ONE TWISTED FIBRE CORD STRUNG WITH SEEDS/ ONE BRAIDED FIBRE CORD WITH THE REMAINS OF TWO BUNDLES OF LEAVES & A CONICAL LUMP OF CLAY AS PENDANTS (L. CA. 25 CM.)/ SEVERAL PIECES OF CLAY COVERED WITH COARSELY WOVEN CLOTH & BOUND WITH RAFFIA INTO A ROUND PACKAGE D. 8 CM./ SEVERAL CONICAL LUMPS OF CLAY USED AS PENDANTS ON TWISTED FIBRE CORDS L. CA. 37 CM./ COMMERCIAL COTTON CLOTH WRAPPED AROUND A CONE OF CLAY/ UNSTRUNG PIECES OF CLAY PIERCED FOR SUSPENSION H. 2.5 - 6 CM./ BROKEN IRON BRACELET WITH ONLY TWO BELLS REMAINING. L. 8.5 CM. MANY OF THESE PIECES WERE PROBABLY ORIGINALLY STRUNG TOGETHER TO FORM NECKLACES, BRACELETS, ETC."
label: Notes
content: Approximately 25 parts, but many are fragments and it is not clear which pieces were formerly part of a single amulet. For inventory purposes, should be tracked as one number for now.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 8 Feb 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 25
place: label: Place
content: West Coast, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Not Given
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 74A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E14279-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Charm
physicalDescription: label: Minimum Length - Horn
content: 7 cm
label: Maximum Length - Horn
content: 13.5 cm
label: Length - Seeds
content: ca. 30 cm
label: Length - Clay Pendants
content: ca. 25 cm
label: Depth - Round Bundle
content: 8 cm
label: Length - Pendants
content: ca. 37 cm
label: Length - Bracelet
content: 8.5 cm