Woman's Iron Wire Neck Ornament

Unidentified Maasai (Masai) maker

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20th century

Iron

Overall: 15 3/4 in. (40 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Ira Herbert Morse, Class of 1925P

40.35.7569

Geography

Place Made: Kenya, Eastern Africa, Africa

Period

20th century

Object Name

Personal Adornment

Research Area

Africa

Not on view

Exhibition History

A Space for Dialogue 30, Beauty Marks: African Metal Body Adornment, Jennifer Peterson, Class of 2006, Public Relations Intern, Main Lobby, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, January 30-April 2, 2006.

Publication History

Jennifer Peterson, A Space for Dialogue 30, Beauty Marks: African Metal Body Adornment, Hanover, New Hampshire: Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, 2006, ill. cover.

Provenance

Collected by Ira Herbert Morse (1875-1960), Warren, New Hampshire, November 1937; given to present collection, 1940.

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