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Amulet Pouch, Bag

2009.05.0273

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Artifact Identification Amulet Pouch, Bag   (2009.05.0273)
Classification/
Nomenclature
  1. Communication Artifacts
    2. :
  2. Personal Symbols
    3. :
  3. Belief Symbols
Artist/Maker Unknown
Geographic Location
Period N/A
Date 1980 - 1987
Culture Tuareg
Location Not on Exhibit

Physical Analysis

Dimension 1 (Length) 17.2 cm
Dimension 2 (Width) 1.7 cm
Dimension 3 (Depth) 1.5 cm
Weight 55 g
Measuring Remarks Under Review
Materials Animal--Skin--without Fur/Feathers/Scales, Textile
Manufacturing Processes Tanning, Sewing

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 Beck with. Nomads of Niger. William Collins Sons & Co.: London, 1983.

Rasmussen, Susan J. Reflections on Witchcraft, Danger, and Modernity among the Tuareg. Africa: Journal of the International AFrican Institute, Vo 74, No. 3(2004) pp. 315-340

Artifact History

Credit Line/Dedication Kieffer-Lopez Collection
Reproduction No

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