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African Art
Cultural Object
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Bracelet

late 20th century

Wood and silver

3 × 2 1/2 × 3/4 in. (7.62 × 6.35 × 1.91 cm)
Gift of Labelle Prussin, Ph.D. 1973
2009.179.14
Geography: 
Mauritania
Status: 
By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
Culture: 
Tuareg, Islamic
Period: 
20th century
Classification: 
Jewelry
Provenance: 

Purchased by Labelle Prussin 2004 in Mauritania
Donated by Labelle Prussin to Yale University Art Gallery in 2009.

Bibliography: 

“Acquisitions,” https://artgallery.yale.edu/sites/default/files/files/Pub_Bull_acquisitions_2010.pdf (accessed 2012).

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