Finger Ornaments
P1316B
From: Sumatra | Komering Agong
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | P1316B |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Lampong |
| Provenience | Sumatra | Komering Agong |
| Date Made | 1901 |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Metal | Glass |
| Description | Five long, curved hollow brass "nails," worn by dancers at wedding ceremonies. Chains of small glass beads with diamond-shaped pendants hanging from tips of two. Small holes at the bases for chains of small glass beads that originally connected them - now missing. Three of them still have loops of glass beads attached midway. |
| Length | 14 cm |
| Width | 1.7 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of H. M. Hiller and Alfred C. Harrison Jr., 1901 |
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