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Hairpin

Unknownlate 19th or early 20th century

Brooklyn Museum

Brooklyn Museum
Brooklyn, New York City, United States

Hair ornament with one end flat and slightly-flared, and the other pointed. Engraved at top are eleven bands of crosshatching and diagonal lines, all filled in with dark pigment. Surface wear, but condition good.

Details

  • Title: Hairpin
  • Creator: Unknown
  • Date Created: late 19th or early 20th century
  • Location Created: Ubangi or Uele region, Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Type: Accessory
  • Rights: Museum Expedition 1922, Robert B. Woodward Memorial Fund
  • External Link: http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/21895/Hairpin
  • Medium: Ivory, pigment
  • Dimensions: 7 3/4 in. (19.7 cm)
  • Culture: Mangbetu
  • Collection: Arts of Africa
  • Accession number: 22.912

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