The Prince and the Plunder

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Bracelet with ‘eyes’

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What: Iron bracelet with with groups of ‘eyes’ suspended from terminals

Where: The National Museums of Scotland

Sources:

The museums’ online catalogue entry has no pictures

National Museums of Scotland spreadsheet
Accession number: 1893.211
Description: Iron penannular bracelet with groups of ‘eyes’ suspended from terminals, and surface hatched with lines: Eastern Africa, Ethiopia, obtained at Magdala, 1868
Acquisition source: Mackenzie, William Sir K. C.B., C.S.I., 1811 – 1893

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