Necklace
date: label: Accession Date
content: 24 Nov 2000
label: Collection Date
content: 1997
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Labelle Prussin
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Labelle Prussin
notes: label: Notes
content: "Beads" made of wire wrapped in gold-colored thread. In the largest one, the thread-covered wire is coiled around to make a solid sphere.
label: Notes
content: According to the donor, this was a gift to her from a Sarakolle goldsmith, Samba Toure at Rosso, Senegal, in the summer of 1997. The goldsmith's father came from Kaedi, in Mauritania; his grandfather was a blacksmith, who came from Segou. "This technique of wrapping gold thread on wire recalls the traditional technique used by Jewish goldsmiths in Morocco in which pulled gold thread is wrapped around a fiber or metal core and used for goldthread embroidery." References: Goichon, A.M. 1939. "La broderie au fil d'or." Hesperis 26. Golvin, L. 1950. "Les metiers a la tire...de Fes." Hesperis 37.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 20 Jan 2015
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Rosso, Senegal, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Soninke
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 420734
label: USNM Number
content: E431620-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Necklace
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 48.5 cm
label: Length - Center Portion
content: 3.5 cm
label: Width - Center Portion
content: 2.5 cm