Barbershop Sign

2012.10.0351

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Artifact Identification Barbershop Sign   (2012.10.0351)
Classification/
Nomenclature
  1. Communication Artifacts
  2. :
  3. Advertising Media
  4. :
  5. N/A
Artist/Maker Unknown
Geographic Location
Period N/A
Date Early 20th Century
Culture Burkinabe
Location Not on Exhibit

Physical Analysis

Dimension 1 (Width) 77 cm
Dimension 2 (Length) 51 cm
Dimension 3 (Depth) .54 cm
Weight 1528 g
Measuring Remarks N/A
Materials Plant--Wood, Pigment--Paint
Manufacturing Processes Painted

Research Remarks

Description N/A
Published Description N/A
Bibliography

Arnoldi, Mary Jo and Christine Mullen Kreamer. Crowning Achievements: African Arts of Dressing the Head. Los Angeles: Fowler Museum of Cultural History, UCLA, 1995.

Floor, Rob. African Signs. Haarlem: KIT Publishers, 2010.

Artifact History

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

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