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Protective Amulet Necklace

2012.10.0304

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Artifact Identification Protective Amulet Necklace   (2012.10.0304)
Classification/
Nomenclature
  1. Communication Artifacts
    2. :
  2. Personal Symbols
    3. :
  3. Belief Symbols
Artist/Maker Unknown
Geographic Location
Period N/A
Date 1950 - 1999
Culture Tuareg?
Location Not on Exhibit

Physical Analysis

Dimension 1 (Length) 62 cm
Dimension 2 (Width) 43.5 cm
Dimension 3 (Depth) 1.89 cm
Weight 285 g
Measuring Remarks N/A
Materials Animal--Skin--without Fur/Feathers/Scales, Metal, Pigment, Textile
Manufacturing Processes Beaded, Leather--Tanned, Cast

Research Remarks

Description N/A
Published Description N/A
Bibliography

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

Mickelsen, Nancy R. Tuareg Jewelry. African Arts, Vol 9, No. 2(Jan. 1976), pp. 16-80.

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.

Artifact History

Credit Line/Dedication Gift of Robert C. and Donna M. Spina Helmholz
Reproduction No

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