Object Details
- Label Text
- Bracelets were essential to a woman’s collection, and a simple version was often a Wolof woman’s first acquisition. Like necklaces and earrings, bracelets come in a wide variety of inventive styles, from the braided and twisted designs, which required the female client’s presence to designate the tightness of the twist, to delicate, European-inspired flowers, to Islamic-inspired half-moon bracelets.
- Description
- C-form bracelet of twisted gilt copper (gold or brass wash) wire braided with flattened gilt copper bands. The ends are capped in large hand-hammered spherical balls. The bracelet is heavy and solid.
- The ends are capped in large hand-hammered spherical balls. The bracelet is heavy and solid.
- Provenance
- Marian Johnson, purchased in Dakar, Senegal, 1963-late 20th century to 2012
- Credit Line
- Gift of Dr. Marian Ashby Johnson
- Object number
- 2012-18-148
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Jewelry
- Medium
- Gilt copper (gold or brass wash)
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 7.4 x 8.7 x 1.7 cm (2 15/16 x 3 7/16 x 11/16 in.)
- Geography
- Senegal
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- National Museum of African Art Collection
- National Museum of African Art
- Topic
- Adornment
- Female use
- male
- Record ID
- nmafa_2012-18-148
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ys77d70cc1d-50bc-4a9a-9544-c6c49d1f4985
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