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Hair Ornament

Unknownlate 19th or early 20th century

Brooklyn Museum

Brooklyn Museum
Brooklyn, New York City, United States

Slim, pen-shaped, ivory hair ornament, incised with 17 crosshatched bands that are filled with pigment. End that resembles a pen point has a lengthwise narrow opening through its center. Condition: Good

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  • Title: Hair Ornament
  • Creator: Unknown
  • Date Created: late 19th or early 20th century
  • Location Created: Ubangi or Uele region, Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Type: Accessories
  • Rights: Museum Expedition 1922, Robert B. Woodward Memorial Fund
  • External Link: http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/2919/Hair_Ornament
  • Medium: Ivory, pigment
  • Dimensions: 8 7/16 x 3/8 in. (21.4 x 1 cm)
  • Culture: Mangbetu
  • Collection: Arts of Africa
  • Accession number: 22.697
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