Pendant

2008.22.0195

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Basic Information

Artifact Identification	Pendant (2008.22.0195)
Classification/ Nomenclature	Personal Artifacts : Adornment : Body Adornments
Artist/Maker	Unknown
Geographic Location	Africa, West : Niger
Period	N/A
Date	N/A
Culture	Tuareg or Peul, Fulani, Fulbe, Peuhl, Peulh

Physical Analysis

Dimension 1 (Length)	5.7 cm
Dimension 2 (Width)	5.5 cm
Dimension 3 (Depth)	.8 cm
Weight	18 g
Measuring Remarks	N/A
Materials	Metal, Metal--Bronze
Manufacturing Processes	Engraving, Forging, Piercing, Soldering

Research Remarks

Description	Under Review
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. Hagan, Helene E. Tuareg Jewelry: Traditional Patterns and Symbols. Philadelphia, 2006. 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. Mickelsen, Nancy R. Tuareg Jewelry. African Arts, Vol 9, No. 2(Jan. 1976), pp. 16-80.

Artifact History

Credit Line/Dedication	Kieffer-Lopez Collection
Reproduction	No

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