Woman's Hip Ornament
Unidentified Verre maker
19th-20th century
Copper alloy and cotton cloth
Overall: 4 3/4 × 3 11/16 in. (12 × 9.3 cm)
Overall: 1 1/16 in. (2.7 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Arnold and Joanne Syrop
985.7.26434
Geography
Place Made: Northern Nigeria region, Nigeria, Western Africa, Africa
Period
19th 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.
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
Jennifer Peterson, A Space for Dialogue 30, Beauty Marks: African Metal Body Adornment, Hanover, New Hampshire: Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, 2006, ill. p. 3.
Provenance
Joanne and Arnold Syrop, New York; given to present collection, 1985.
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