Wallet, Bag
2008.22.0154
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Basic Information
Artifact Identification | Wallet, Bag (2008.22.0154) |
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Classification/ Nomenclature |
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Artist/Maker | None |
Geographic Location | |
Period/Date | 1980s |
Culture | Wodaabe, Bororo, Boadaado, or Tuareg |
Physical Analysis
Dimension 1 (Length) | 53.4 cm |
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Dimension 2 (Width) | 18.5 cm |
Dimension 3 (Depth) | 3.5 cm |
Weight | 97 g |
Measuring Remarks | Length measured without string on top of object but with fringe on bottom. |
Materials | Animal--Skin--without Fur/Feathers/Scales, Pigment--Dye, Plastic, Rubber, Textile |
Manufacturing Processes | Textile--Appliqué, Cutting, Dyeing, Inserting, Joining, Piercing, Sewing, Tanning, Twisting, Weaving, Wrapping |
Munsell Color Information | N/A |
Research Remarks
Published Description | N/A |
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Description | N/A |
Comparanda | Compare to page 188 Van Offelen, Marion and Carol Beckwith. Nomads of Niger. William Collins Sons & Co.: London, 1983. |
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. Frank, Barbara E. Mande Potters & Leather Workers: Art and Heritage in West Africa. Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press. Identifies different types of leather wallets to different groups. |
Artifact History
Archaeological Data | N/A |
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Credit Line/Dedication | Kieffer-Lopez Collection |
Reproduction | No |
Reproduction Information | N/A |