Metadata: The Portrait Society | Joshua Reynolds
- Artist | Manufacturer:
- Gogo, attributed to | Manufacturer
- Title:
- Wagogo ear pendant
- Date:
- 1800 (?) - before 1893
- Inventory Number:
- 1898-013/129
- Collection:
- Non european collections
- Domain:
- Africa
- Designation:
- Ornement d'oreille
- Iconography:
- Geometric form ornament
- Material | Technique:
- Wood
- Measurements:
- Diameter (Ø): 4.6 cm
- Height (H): 1.3 cm
- 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. In the center of the decorated side, a notch, a decorative hole. - 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 in 2023.
- Location:
- Depot
- Acquisition method:
- Donation
- Acquisition date:
- 1898
- Copyright:
-
Work: Public Domain
Image(s): CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) | Patrick Quinteira / MNAHA
Metadata: CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0)
- Photographer:
- Patrick Quinteira
