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Hairpin
Unknownlate 19th or early 20th century
Brooklyn Museum
Brooklyn, New York City, United States
One end of the hairpin has a flat open ring; the other comes to a point. Through the central area of the shaft are two lengthwise openings. From under the ring of the hairpin to a short distance below the lengthwise openings in the shaft, are nine incised crosshatched bands filled with pigment for decoration. Condition: Good; end of ring has chips.
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Details
- Title: Hairpin
- Creator: Unknown
- Date Created: late 19th or early 20th century
- Location Created: Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Type: Accessories
- Rights: Museum Expedition 1922, Robert B. Woodward Memorial Fund
- External Link: http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/2974/Hairpin
- Medium: Ivory
- Dimensions: 7 1/16 x 3/8 in. (18 x 1 cm)
- Culture: Mangbetu
- Collection: Arts of Africa
- Accession number: 22.1605
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