Firespitter Dance Costume
2008.22.0069
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Basic Information
| Artifact Identification | Firespitter Dance Costume (2008.22.0069) |
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| Classification/ Nomenclature |
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| Artist/Maker | None |
| Geographic Location | |
| Period/Date | Contemporary, 1984 - 2005 |
| Culture | Senufo |
Physical Analysis
| Dimension 1 (Length) | 151 cm |
|---|---|
| Dimension 2 (Width) | 111 cm |
| Dimension 3 (Depth) | .35 cm |
| Weight | 1263 g |
| Measuring Remarks | None |
| Materials | Pigment--Dye, Textile |
| Manufacturing Processes | Cutting, Dyeing--Resist, Inserting, Joining, Ropemaking, Sewing, Weaving |
| Munsell Color Information | N/A |
Research Remarks
| Published Description | N/A |
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| Description | N/A |
| Comparanda | N/A |
| Bibliography | Richter, Dolores. Senufo Mask Classification. African Arts Magazine, vol. 12 no. 3 (May, 1979). p. 72. Weaving in Africa by Karl-Ferdinand Schaedler, 1987, p. 223 for illustration of similar example leopard dancing costume, private collection, acquired in 1980. Glaze, Anita. “Woman Power and Art in a Senufo Village.” African Arts 8, no. 3 (1975): 24-29; 64-68, 90. __________. “Senufo Ornament and Decorative Arts.” African Arts 12, no. 1 (1978): 63-71, 107-108. __________. Art and Death in a Senufo Village. Bloomington and London: Indiana University Press, 1981. ___________. “Face Mask.” In For Spirits and Kings. African Art from the Tishman Collection, edited by Susan Vogel, 41-42. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1981. ___________. “Dialectics of Gender in Senufo Masquerades.” African Arts 19, no. 3 (1986): 30-39, 82. |
Artifact History
| Archaeological Data | N/A |
|---|---|
| Credit Line/Dedication | Kieffer-Lopez Collection |
| Reproduction | No |
| Reproduction Information | N/A |