Manilla
Unidentified Sudanese Savanna maker
18th-19th century
Copper alloy
Overall: 3 7/16 × 4 × 1 1/16 in. (8.7 × 10.1 × 2.7 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Arnold and Joanne Syrop
985.7.26433
Geography
Place Made: Sudan, Eastern Africa, Africa
Period
1600-1800
Object Name
Personal Adornment
Research Area
Africa
Not on view
Exhibition History
Focus on the Body: West African Body Ornaments of Brass, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, April 10-September 19, 1999.
Provenance
Joanne and Arnold Syrop, New York; given to present collection, 1985.
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