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African Art
Public domain

Clay Fragment

9th–15th century

Clay

1/4 × 1 1/2 in. (0.6 × 3.8 cm)
Gift of Deborah Volberg Pagnotta and Dr. Rachel Volberg in honor of Professor Labelle Prussin, Ph.D. 1973, our tough, brilliant mother
2019.110.35
Geography: 
Mauritania
Status: 
By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
Culture: 
Islamic
Period: 
9th–15th century
Classification: 
Jewelry
Provenance: 

Collected by Labelle Prussin, Pomona, NY, 2004 in Mauritania; Deborah Volberg Pagnotta, Yorktown Heights, NY and Dr. Rachel Volberg, Northampton, MA; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.

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