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Ring, Cross of Zinder

Ring, Cross of Zinder

2008.22.0199

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Basic Information

Artifact Identification	Ring, Cross of Zinder (2008.22.0199)
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)	4.3 cm
Dimension 2 (Width)	1.9 cm
Dimension 3 (Depth)	.9 cm
Weight	9.3 g
Measuring Remarks	N/A
Materials	Metal
Manufacturing Processes	Cast

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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