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Unmarried woman's corset

Artist Mary Padar Kuojok Athac (Sudanese)

Dateca. 2012

Place madeYirol West, Lake States, South Sudan, Africa

MediumGlass beads, plastic buttons, cotton thread

DimensionsDims: down center and across shoulders: 40 3/4 × 19 7/8 in. (103.5 × 50.5 cm)

ClassificationsClothing, Outerwear

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, IFAF Collection, FA.2012.48.1

Object numberFA.2012.48.1

DescriptionThis beaded corset is made of glass beads of light blue, black, yellow, white, and royal blue, in decreasing dominance; irridescent plastic buttons; and glass beads of black and white. It has an opening for the wearer's head, and stitching at the shoulders.

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