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Headpiece or Neckpiece

2008.22.0009

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Artifact Identification Headpiece or Neckpiece   (2008.22.0009)
Classification/
Nomenclature
  1. Personal Artifacts
    2. :
  2. Adornment
    3. :
  3. Body Adornments
    4. ;
  4. Personal Artifacts
    5. :
  5. Adornment
    6. :
  6. Hair Adornments
Artist/Maker Unknown
Geographic Location
Period N/A
Date 1980s
Culture Wodaabe, Bororo, Boadaado
Location Not on Exhibit

Physical Analysis

Dimension 1 (Length) 34 cm
Dimension 2 (Width) 14.5 cm
Dimension 3 (Depth) .5 cm
Weight 80 g
Measuring Remarks Under Review
Materials Textile--Cotton, Plant--Fiber, Plant--Cotton, Animal--Skin--without Fur/Feathers/Scales, Metal--Bronze, Metal--Nickel, Pigment--Dye, Plastic
Manufacturing Processes Dyeing, Sewing, Piercing, Chased, Cutting, Minting, Welding, Twisting, Forging

Research Remarks

Description N/A
Published Description N/A
Bibliography

Bovin, Mette. Nomads Who Cultivate Beauty: Wodaabe dances and visual arts in Niger. Nordiska Afrikainstitutet: Uppsala, 2001.

Seligman, Thomas and Kristyne Loughran, eds. Art of Being Tuareg: Sahara nomads in a modern world. UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History: Los Angeles, 2006.

Van Offelen, Marion and Carol Beckwith. Nomads of Niger. William Collins Sons & Co.: London, 1983.

Artifact History

Credit Line/Dedication Kieffer-Lopez Collection
Reproduction No

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