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20th century

Brass

Overall: 6 5/16 × 4 1/8 in. (16 × 10.5 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Arnold and Joanne Syrop

989.46.27072

Geography

Place Made: Northern Cameroon region, Cameroon, Central Africa, Africa

Period

20th century

Object Name

Personal Adornment

Research Area

Africa

Not on view

Course History

SART 65, Architecture I, Zenovia Toloudi, Spring 2015

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.

Works from the Continent of Africa, Ivan Albright Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, January 26, 2019-March 15, 2020.

Provenance

Joanne and Arnold Syrop, New York; given to present collection, 1989.

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