Small Barb

African

  • Titles Small Barb (Descriptive)
  • Medium iron
  • Dimensions 3 3/4 x 1/2 x 1/4 in. (9.5 x 1.3 x 0.6 cm)
  • Credit Line Gift of Mortimer B. and Sue Fuller, 2006.105
  • Work Type barb
  • Classification Tools & Equipment

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Vessel with incised geometric designs.
Headdress in the form of a female head
Headdress of burlap and animal hide, front beaded with red, blue, white, and green glass beads in lozenge and triangle patterns. Five cowrie shells and four wooden peg beads attached on top of surface of glass beads. Wooden pegs, joined in pairs, cover small lozenges of green glass beads. White, brown, black, and blue feathers cover top, sides and back of headdress in spherical shape (slightly flattened in back). Five short wooden dowels attached to back, arranged two, one, two.
Ovoid, reddish jar has short, slightly flared neck. Registers of impressed patterns on shoulder and body of vessel defined by raised bands.