Object Details
- Wolof artist
- 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 gold-plated silver alloy bracelet with three large filigree flowers of pointed petals soldered to an openwork band. Smaller side flowers have a tiered circular flower applied to the pointed flower base.
- Provenance
- Marian Johnson, purchased in Dakar, Senegal, 1963-late 20th century to 2012
- Exhibition History
- Good As Gold: Fashioning Senegalese Women, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., October 24, 2018-February 2, 2020; North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, April 4-July 5, 2020
- African Mosaic: Selections from the Permanent Collection, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., November 19, 2013–August 12, 2019 (installed June 12, 2015-August 1, 2017)
- Published References
- Maples, Amanda, Ashby Johnson, Marian, and Dumouchelle, Kevin D., 2018, Good As Gold, Washington, D.C.: NMAfA, Smithsonian, illustrated p. 1, 81
- Credit Line
- Gift of Dr. Marian Ashby Johnson
- Mid-late 20th century
- Object number
- 2012-18-167
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Jewelry
- Medium
- Gold-plated silver alloy
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 6.2 x 7.2 x 3.8 cm (2 7/16 x 2 13/16 x 1 1/2 in.)
- Geography
- Senegal
- See more items in
- National Museum of African Art Collection
- Object Name
- marguerete
- National Museum of African Art
- Topic
- Adornment
- Female use
- male
- floral
- flower
- Record ID
- nmafa_2012-18-167
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ys78fb575fe-9d05-448a-9723-3c9d8a9c1216
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