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2008.22.0142

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Artifact Identification Hat   (2008.22.0142)
Classification/
Nomenclature
  1. Personal Artifacts
    2. :
  2. Clothing
    3. :
  3. Headwear
Artist/Maker Unknown
Geographic Location
Period N/A
Date 1980s
Culture Wodaabe, Bodaado, Bororo
Location Not on Exhibit

Physical Analysis

Dimension 1 (Depth) 36.2 cm
Dimension 2 (Width) 35.7 cm
Dimension 3 (Height) 23.3 cm
Weight 312 g
Measuring Remarks N/A
Materials Animal--Skin--without Fur/Feathers/Scales, Pigment--Dye, Pigment--Paint, Plant
Manufacturing Processes Cutting, Dyeing, Joining, Painting, Piercing, Plaiting, Twisting, Weaving, Wrapping

Research Remarks

Description N/A
Published Description N/A
Bibliography

Arnoldi, Mary Jo and Christine Mullen Kreamer. Crowning Achievements: African Arts of Dressing the Head. Los Angeles: Fowler Museum of Cultural History, 1995.

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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