Cache Sexe/Apron

Kirdi (ie. Gisinga, Motu, Gude, Glidder, Fali)

Caption

Kirdi (ie. Gisinga, Motu, Gude, Glidder, Fali). Cache Sexe/Apron, late 19th or early 20th century. Cotton fiber, glass beads, cowrie shells, metal, fiber, 3 multi-strand groups: 7 x 10 1/2 x 15 1/2 in. (17.8 x 26.7 x 39.4 cm) suspension rod: 9in. (22.9cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Jay M. Haft, 80.243.4.

Gallery

Not on view

Collection

Arts of Africa

Title

Cache Sexe/Apron

Date

late 19th or early 20th century

Geography

Place made: Cameroon

Medium

Cotton fiber, glass beads, cowrie shells, metal, fiber

Classification

(not assigned)

Dimensions

3 multi-strand groups: 7 x 10 1/2 x 15 1/2 in. (17.8 x 26.7 x 39.4 cm) suspension rod: 9in. (22.9cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Jay M. Haft

Accession Number

80.243.4

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