Metal Accessories

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Ongondo (Anklet)
Ongondo (Anklet)
In 1868 Frederick Green, a trader, wrote “Large solid rings are manufactured from this malleable art…
Ongondo (Anklet)
Ongondo (Anklet)
The significance of the Ongondo
Ms Elizabeth Betty Hango, the retired History Curator of the National Museum of Namibia explaining, …
Omwele Gwoshipila (Knife with Decorated Sheath)
Omwele Gwoshipila (Knife with Decorated Sheath)
This type of knife has a special triangular shaped sheaf decorated with copper wire. It was only gi…
Omwele Gwoshipila (Knife with Decorated Sheath)
Omwele Gwoshipila (Knife with Decorated Sheath)
Knife used as a ceremonial knife. This knife was collected in 1949 by Mrs S.J Bowker in 1949. (NMN, …

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