DepartmentTextiles-Africa
Headband ornaments
NameHeadband ornaments
Artist
Artist Not Recorded
Place madeOmdurman, Sudan, Africa
MediumGold
DimensionsTriangular box like Form: 1 × 1 5/16 × 3/16 in. (2.6 × 3.3 × 0.4 cm)
Other (Round disk ): 1 1/8 × 1/16 in. (2.9 × 0.2 cm)
Other (Round disk ): 1 1/8 × 1/16 in. (2.9 × 0.2 cm)
Other (Round disk ): 1 1/8 × 1/16 in. (2.9 × 0.2 cm)
Other (Round disk ): 1 1/8 × 1/16 in. (2.9 × 0.2 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Florence Dibell Bartlett, A.1955.86.659 A-C
Object numberA.1955.86.659 A-C
DescriptionWith triangular box-like forms, raise dand relief or incised decoration; 3 rings on top, 7 small domed circles and 4 perced holes in each, for hooking to headband.
Artist Not Recorded
Mid-19th century
1914-1918
Torah scroll: Circa 1875; Tik (Case): 1933 (Hebrew Year 5693)
Artist Not Recorded
Early-mid 20th Century (Pre-1949)