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Ring

1900-1960
Object Place for LabelAlgeria
Place of ManufacturePossibly Niger
Medium/TechniqueSilver
DimensionsOverall: 2.5 × 4.4 cm (1 × 1 3/4 in.)
Credit LineGift of Eleanor Briggs in memory of Lloyd Cabot Briggs
Accession number2018.136
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
ProvenanceBetween the 1940s and 1962, acquired in Algeria by Lloyd Cabot Briggs (b. 1909 – d. 1975), Cambridge, MA; gift of Briggs to his daughter, Eleanor Briggs, Hancock, NH; 2018, gift of Eleanor Briggs to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 25, 2018)
Pair of earrings
mid 20th century
Bracelet
1900-1960
Necklace
1900-1960
Necklace
1900-1960
Hip mask
Royal Ivory-workers Guild (Igbesanmwan)
20th century
Adornment used as gold weight
early to mid-20th century
Adornment
early to mid-20th century
Necklace
early 20th century