Armlet

Unidentified Fulani maker

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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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