Unmarried woman's corset

NameCorset

Artist Mary Padar Kuojok Athac (Sudanese)

CultureDinka

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)

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

Object numberFA.2012.48.1

Collections

Africa.

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.