DepartmentTextiles-Africa

Headpiece

NameHeadpiece

Artist Artist not recorded

Place madeSudan, Africa

MediumSilver, fibre

Dimensions3 9/16 × 3 9/16 × 1/16 in. (9 × 9 × 0.2 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Florence Dibell Bartlett, A.1955.86.688

Object numberA.1955.86.688

Collections

The Florence Dibell Bartlett Collection

DescriptionElaborate design of dangling units, fibre cord tie. All the decorative silver rings, ending in heart-or-crescent form dangling 2 beads. All the ornaments are three-dimensional, alike on either side, Triangular pieces are found at either end, and short pendants of fluted and round beads only occur between the longer groups of units.