Object Details
- Label Text
- In 1947 in Kwon Fashoda, Sudan, Life magazine photographer Eliot Elisofon photographed a man named Adieng Luon making aluminum pendants with metal from an airplane crash. Close by, near Malakal, Elisofon photographed a man and two women wearing the pendants on chains. From his field photographs it seems that the women wore rectangular pendants with incised and punched scenes of western garbed men with guns. The man wore a round pendant with a bovine.
- Description
- Round aluminum pendant with punch design of an equestrian figure bordered by radiating triangles. Holes, some damaged, pierced into top of the pendant for insertion of a chain.
- Provenance
- Eliot Elisfon, New York, collected Malakal, Sudan, 1947 to 1973
- Content Statement
- As part of our commitment to accessibility and transparency, the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art is placing its collection records online. Please note that some records are incomplete (missing image or content descriptions) and others reflect out-of-date language or systems of thought regarding how to engage with and discuss cultural heritage and the specifics of individual artworks. If you see content requiring immediate action, we will do our best to address it in a timely manner. Please email nmafacuratorial@si.edu if you have any questions.
- Image Requests
- High resolution digital images are not available for some objects. For publication quality photography and permissions, please contact the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives at https://africa.si.edu/research/eliot-elisofon-photographic-archives/
- Data Source
- National Museum of African Art
- Maker
- Shilluk artist
- Date
- Mid-20th century
- Credit Line
- Bequest of Eliot Elisofon
- Medium
- Aluminum
- Dimensions
- H x W: 7.2 x 7.6cm (2 13/16 x 3in.)
- Type
- Jewelry
