Snake Bracelet

African

  • Titles Snake Bracelet (Descriptive)
  • Medium iron
  • Dimensions 2 3/4 x 4 1/2 in. (7 x 11.4 cm)
  • Credit Line Gift of Mortimer B. and Sue Fuller, 2006.66
  • Work Type bracelet
  • Classification Jewelry

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Wooden uraeus in the form of the Egyptian cobra goddess with traces of polychrome on one side, originally part of a wood sarcophagus.
Figurative vessel has curved arms with hands resting on abdomen just below breasts; head has modeled features and plaited hair. Slightly flared opening to vessel rises from top of head.
Brown, ovoid vessel indents deeply and tall neck flares outward. Shoulder and mid-section have band of roulette pattern; single vertical line bisects body of vessel with two raised bumps on either side of line.
Vessel, Matakam people, and Chad, African, fired clay and slip