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Jewelry_007022
Brass Bell Bead Anklet
Personal Gear, Jewelry, Anklet
private collection of
Walter Logan Fry
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The jewelry collected by Walter Logan Fry included
jewelry made of silver (see Adornment Gallery One), brass
and aluminum; but it also included one other rather
unusual material: elephant's hoof. The four elephant hoof
bracelets in his collection were embedded with small
nuggets of aluminum.
One day in the market, he photographed a young girl with
two young boys. As you can see in the detail of the
photograph, the girl was wearing two elephant hoof
bracelets, and the older of the two boys was wearing at
least one.
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Photograph by Walter Logan Fry
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Photograph by Walter Logan Fry (Detail)
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Jewelry_007019
Elephant Hoof Bracelet
Personal Gear, Jewelry, Bracelet
private collection of
Walter Logan Fry
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Jewelry_007018
Elephant Hoof Bracelet
Personal Gear, Jewelry, Bracelet
private collection of
Walter Logan Fry
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Jewelry_007020
Elephant Hoof Bracelet
Personal Gear, Jewelry, Bracelet
private collection of
Walter Logan Fry
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Jewelry_007021
Elephant Hoof Bracelet
Personal Gear, Jewelry, Bracelet
private collection of
Walter Logan Fry
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The Smithsonian National Museum of African Art has similar
items in its collection, as can be seen in the following two
examples.
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Elephant Hoof
Bracelet;
Personal Gear, Jewelry, Bracelet;
Gift of Mrs. Lucy Mann;
collection of the Smithsonian National
Museum of African Art;
Object No. 79-17-3
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Elephant Hoof
Bracelet;
Personal Gear, Jewelry, Bracelet;
Gift of Mrs. Lucy Mann;
collection of the Smithsonian National
Museum of African Art;
Object No. 79-17-4
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Jewelry_007017
Aluminum Bracelet
Personal Gear, Jewelry, Bracelet
private collection of
Walter Logan Fry
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Jewelry_007016
Aluminum Bracelet
Personal Gear, Jewelry, Bracelet
private collection of
Walter Logan Fry
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Jewelry_007015
Aluminum Bracelet
Personal Gear, Jewelry, Bracelet
private collection of
Walter Logan Fry
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Aluminum bracelets from Liberia are less commonly seen in museum collections than jewelry made from brass, silver or elephant
hoof, but the
following object, a gift from George Way
Harley, can be found in the collection of the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University.
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Aluminum Bracelet;
Dan Peoples; Personal Gear, Jewelry;
cast aluminum; George Way Harley
Memorial Collection, Duke University;
Object No. L.2.1974.107
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