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19th-mid 20th century

Brass

Overall: 1 9/16 × 5 1/4 × 3 9/16 in. (3.9 × 13.4 × 9 cm)

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

998.53.30374

Geography

Place Made: Northern Ghana, Burkina Faso, Northern Côte d'Ivoire, Western Africa, Africa

Period

19th century

Object Name

Personal Adornment

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, 1998.

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