Object Details
- Label Text
- Tuareg men wear this type of wallet around their necks. The U-shaped top slidies up on the cord to access the interior compartments, which are useful for holding grooming aids such as tweezers and scissors. This bag has a tifinar inscription on the interior flap.
- Description
- Leather U-shaped neck wallet composed of sliding cord bag with interior compartments. Fringe and yarn decorate the bottom and along the blue and red leather inlay with triangular and diamond cutouts. Tifinar inscription on the interior flap.
- Provenance
- Mrs. Hamani Diori, Niger, 1967
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- Data Source
- National Museum of African Art
- Maker
- Tuareg artist
- Date
- Mid 20th century
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mrs. Hamani Diori
- Medium
- Leather, fiber
- Dimensions
- H x W: 34.3 x 10.8 cm (13 1/2 x 4 1/4 in.)
- Type
- Textile and Fiber Arts
