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Armlet

2008.22.0151

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Basic Information

Artifact Identification Armlet   (2008.22.0151)
Classification/
Nomenclature
  1. Personal Artifacts
    2. :
  2. Adornment
    3. :
  3. Body Adornments
Artist/Maker Unknown
Geographic Location
Period N/A
Date N/A
Culture Tuareg or Peul, Fulani, Fulbe, Peuhl, Peulh
Location Not on Exhibit

Physical Analysis

Dimension 1 (Diameter) 8.8 cm
Dimension 2 (Width) 3.5 cm
Dimension 3 (Depth) .5 cm
Weight 36.0 g
Measuring Remarks Under Review
Materials Animal--Skin--without Fur/Feathers/Scales, Textile, Ceramic
Manufacturing Processes Tanning, Painting, Stringing, Sewing

Research Remarks

Description N/A
Published Description N/A
Bibliography

Hagan, Helene E. Tuareg Jewelry: Traditional Patterns and Symbols. Philadelphia, 2006.

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.

Seligman, Thomas K. and Kristyne Loghran, eds. Art of Being Tuareg: Sahara Nomads in a a Modern World. Los Angeles: Cantor Center at Stanford University: UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History, 2006.

Artifact History

Credit Line/Dedication Kieffer-Lopez Collection
Reproduction No

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