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Description: | Head of crested crane complete with feathers attached by a strip of woven cloth to a circular core of vegetable fibre covered with threaded blue glass beads. On AGM list, Registry no. 603, in his handwriting: "No labels or numbers visible on specimens." In another hand " Crested crane amulet" SNFP. Attached to Perspex display mount. The amulet was collected from the Yoruba people of Nigeria by either the Nigerian High Commissioner or a Methodist Missionary Minister Rev. William Jones. It is part of a large collection (200+ objects) of Nigerian material given in 1878, not all of which are on regular display, but can be viewed by arrangement in store.
Accession number: NCM 1992-602/68 | Subjects: | animals jewellery AFRICAN NIGERIAN | Temporal: | 1800-1878? | Source: | Nottingham City Museums and Galleries | Identifier: | http://media.culturegrid.org.uk/mediaLib... | Go to resource |
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