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African Art
Explore image in 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
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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