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Hairpin

Unknownlate 19th or early 20th century

Brooklyn Museum

Brooklyn Museum
Brooklyn, New York City, United States

Three-pronged ornament. Engraved along edges of handle with black lines forming triangles.

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  • 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/22449/Hairpin
  • Medium: Ivory
  • Dimensions: 1 1/8 x 6 1/2 in. (2.9 x 16.5 cm)
  • Culture: Mangbetu
  • Collection: Arts of Africa
  • Accession number: 22.1604
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