Bracelet

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

Gold alloy (gold-toned alloy) contemporary filigree C-form bracelet with two highly stylized peacocks at the center composed of plain, hammered flat metal heads and bodies with small projecting circular eyes and openwork simple filigree tails. The rest of the cuff is the same simple openwork filigree. The entire bracelet is lined in a solid metal band.

Provenance

Marian Johnson, purchased in Dakar, Senegal, 1963-late 20th century to 2012

Published References

Maples, Amanda, Ashby Johnson, Marian, and Dumouchelle, Kevin D., 2018, Good As Gold, Washington, D.C.: NMAfA, Smithsonian, p. 81, illustrated p. 82

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Credit Line

Gift of Dr. Marian Ashby Johnson

Late 20th century

Object number

2012-18-186

Restrictions & Rights

Usage conditions apply

Type

Jewelry

Medium

Gold alloy

Dimensions

H x W x D: 6.4 x 6.5 x 7.4 cm (2 1/2 x 2 9/16 x 2 15/16 in.)

Geography

Senegal

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Object Name

Paon

National Museum of African Art

Topic

bird

Adornment

Female use

male

Record ID

nmafa_2012-18-186

Metadata Usage (text)

Usage conditions apply

GUID (Link to Original Record)

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ys7156977aa-5afb-4ff9-b048-315811c2d82b