Armlet
Unidentified Fulani maker
19th-20th century
Copper alloy
Overall: 5 5/8 × 9 5/16 × 2 1/2 in. (14.3 × 23.6 × 6.4 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Arnold and Joanne Syrop
984.46.26407
Geography
Place Made: Central Africa, Africa
Period
19th century
Object Name
Personal Adornment
Research Area
Africa
Not on view
Course History
AAAS 11, Introduction to African Studies, Naaborko Sackeyfio, Spring 2013
ARTH 16.2, Picasso: The Vollard Suite, Michael R.Taylor, Fall 2013
SART 65, Architecture I, Zenovia Toloudi, Spring 2015
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.
Evolving Perspectives: Highlights from the African Art Collection at the Hood Museum of Art, Alvin P. Gutman Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, January 26, 2013-April 6, 2014.
Focus on the Body: West African Body Ornaments of Brass, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, April 10-September 19, 1999.
Publication History
Barbara Thompson, "The African Collection at the Hood Museum of Art," African Arts, Volume XXXVII, No. 2, Los Angeles: African Studies Center, University of California, 2004, ill. p. 27.
Provenance
Joanne and Arnold Syrop, New York; given to present collection, 1984.
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