Hair ornament

Gilt silver (gold wash) hair ornament in the shape of an arrow with rounded edges, decorated in granulation nested in circlets of wire, with four larger globules placed; one at the center and one at each corner of the triangular portion of the arrow. There are attached loops at point and base.

Marian Johnson, purchased in Dakar, Senegal, 1963-late 20th century to 2012

African Mosaic: Selections from the Permanent Collection, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., November 19, 2013–August 12, 2019 (installed February 13, 2015-August 1, 2017)

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