Serpent Leg Ornament

Unidentified Lobi maker

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19th-20th century

Iron

Overall: 6 9/16 × 11/16 in. (16.6 × 1.7 cm)

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

988.63.27022

Geography

Place Made: Burkina Faso, Western Africa, Africa

Period

19th century

Object Name

Figure

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, 1988.

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