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Amulet

2008.22.0143

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Artifact Identification Amulet   (2008.22.0143)
Classification/
Nomenclature
  1. Communication Artifacts
    2. :
  2. Personal Symbols
    3. :
  3. Belief Symbols
Artist/Maker Unknown
Geographic Location
Period N/A
Date 1980s
Culture Wodaabe, Bororo, Boadaado, Tuareg
Location Not on Exhibit

Physical Analysis

Dimension 1 (Length) 5.6 cm
Dimension 2 (Depth) 3.9 cm
Dimension 3 (Depth) 1.6 cm
Weight 9 g
Measuring Remarks N/A
Materials Animal--Skin--without Fur/Feathers/Scales, Resin
Manufacturing Processes Beaded, Cutting, Drilling, Joining, Piercing, Tanning

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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