Decorative Hairpin
Unidentified Lobi maker
20th century
Copper alloy
Overall: 2 7/8 × 9/16 in. (7.3 × 1.5 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Arnold and Joanne Syrop
988.63.27027
Geography
Place Made: Burkina Faso, Western Africa, Africa
Period
20th century
Object Name
Personal Adornment
Research Area
Africa
Not on view
Provenance
Joanne and Arnold Syrop, New York; given to present collection, 1988.
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