Wagogo ear pendant - MNAHA Collections

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Artist | Manufacturer:: Gogo, attributed to | Manufacturer

Title:: Wagogo ear pendant

Date:: 1800 (?) - before 1893

Inventory Number:: 1898-013/128

Collection:: Non european collections

Domain:: Africa

Designation:: Ornement d'oreille

Iconography:: Geometric form ornament

Material | Technique:: Wood

Description:: Made of a cylindrical piece of wood intended to be passed through the earlobe. One of the sides is decorated with numerous concentric circles traced with great precision. - Descriptive inventory by Nicolas Van Werveke of the Spring ethnographic collection. N.B.: this is a faithful transcription of Van Werveke's inventory, the terms used in 1898 have not been modified, even those whose use is considered critical today.

Location:: Depot

Acquisition method:: Donation

Acquisition date:: 1898

Copyright:: Work: Public Domain
Image(s): CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) | Tina Pfeifer / MNAHA
Metadata: CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0)

Photographer:: Tina Pfeifer

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