Object Details
- Unidentified artist
- Description
- Contemporary gold earrings decorated with miniature bells or “crotals,” and textured surface. Central design for each earring is a teardrop connected to a granulated, circular design in two places. Fine braiding encompasses the teardrop and several tiny chains and crotals dangle from the central element.
- Provenance
- Marian Johnson, purchased in Senegal, 2010 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, September 16, 2020-January 3, 2021
- Published References
- Maples, Amanda, Ashby Johnson, Marian, and Dumouchelle, Kevin D., 2018, Good As Gold, Washington, D.C.: NMAfA, Smithsonian, p. 88, illustrated p. 89
- Credit Line
- Gift of Dr. Marian Ashby Johnson
- Late 20th century
- Object number
- 2012-18-10
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Jewelry
- Medium
- Gold, plastic
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (each): 5.1 x 1.3 x 1.7 cm (2 x 1/2 x 11/16 in.)
- See more items in
- National Museum of African Art Collection
- National Museum of African Art
- Topic
- Adornment
- Female use
- male
- Record ID
- nmafa_2012-18-10
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ys72bd3a278-cf8b-4edc-9f48-2cab9daa9a74
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