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Ring

1800-1899 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Gold band ring with a large hollow spherical bezel. The hoop is made from a band of sheet gold, covered with a tight wire zigzag pattern, with a twisted wire rim at each side. There is a granule resting on a ring of twisted wire in the centre of the band opposite the bezel, and a small pyramid of granules on each shoulder. The bezel is made from a sphere of thin gold sheet covered on the front half with rings of wire, each of which holds a granule. The rings in the row next to the plain back of the sphere are pierced instead of holding granules.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Gold with granules
Brief description
Gold ring with a berry-shaped bezel, Ethiopia (Abyssinia), 1800-1899.
Physical description
Gold band ring with a large hollow spherical bezel. The hoop is made from a band of sheet gold, covered with a tight wire zigzag pattern, with a twisted wire rim at each side. There is a granule resting on a ring of twisted wire in the centre of the band opposite the bezel, and a small pyramid of granules on each shoulder. The bezel is made from a sphere of thin gold sheet covered on the front half with rings of wire, each of which holds a granule. The rings in the row next to the plain back of the sphere are pierced instead of holding granules.
Dimensions
  • Height: 3.6cm
  • Width: 1.9cm
  • Depth: 1.7cm
Object history
Displayed in "V and A Africa: Exploring Hidden Histories"
15th November 2012- 3rd February 2013
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
643-1884

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Record createdJuly 31, 2006
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