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Bracelet
Tukulor artist, Senegal
Bracelet
Mid-20th century
Gold-plated silver alloy
National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, gift of Dr. Marian Ashby Johnson, 2012-18-190
Bracelet
Women with heavy bracelets
Beautifully worked, heavy bracelets are highly prized in traditional sañse. Drianké, “women with heavy bracelets,” is a common phrase used to describe prestigious women of beauty and largesse. Accomplished in high style, they dab on perfumed ointments and don grand boubous with matching headscarves, fashionable shoes, and much gold jewelry—paragons of success and sensuality.
Bracelet (galbe or lam u teg)
Tukulor artist, Dakar, Senegal
Bracelet (galbe or lam u teg)
Early to mid-20th century
Gold-plated silver alloy
National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, gift of Dr. Marian Ashby Johnson, 2012-18-176
Bracelet (galbe or lam u teg)
Spiritual inspiration
The majority of women in Senegal are Muslim. This monumental bracelet, likely inspired by the Islamic half-moon motif, encompasses granulation, filigree, and twisted wire techniques. The domes, seen on this bracelet and many others in the exhibition, may resemble the tops of mosques.
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