Object Details
- Description
- 22 individual strips of iron form a triangle bound with fiber at narrow end and curving arc of iron above wide end forming a hanging loop. Wrapped waist band attached to iron loop.
- Provenance
- Arnold and Joanne Syrop, New York, ca. 1993 to 2002
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- Data Source
- National Museum of African Art
- Maker
- Mafa artist
- Date
- Late 19th-early 20th century
- Credit Line
- Gift of Arnold and Joanne Syrop
- Medium
- Iron, hemp
- Dimensions
- H x W: 30.5 x 20.3 cm (12 x 8 in.)
- Type
- Textile and Fiber Arts
