Anklet

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Culture Kuba

Title Anklet (Shyaang Lantshoong)

Date 20th century

Medium Raffia, glass beads, seed pods, and and fiber

Dimensions Object: 17 7/8 × 2 3/8 × 2 1/2 in. (45.4 × 6 × 6.4 cm)
Overall: 17 7/8 × 2 3/8 × 2 1/2 in. (45.4 × 6 × 6.4 cm)

Credit Line Gift of John and Rita Grunwald, Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University

Accession Number 82.68D

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The large role that decoration plays in Kuba society is nowhere more evident than in the jewelry worn by men and women as demonstrations of their elevated ranks: in most cases, form, materials, and patterns work together to indicate to knowledgeable viewers that exact place held by the wearer in the elaborate social and political hierarchy. Cowrie shells and glass beads were both imported items, which greatly enhanced their value, and cowrie shells were used as currency well into the nineteenth century.

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"Anklet | Collections Online." Collections Online. Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University, 2025. https://artmuseum.indiana.edu/collections-online/browse/object.php?number=82.68D