Digi (Mirror)
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unknown Yoruba
Yoruba Primary
Digi (Mirror)
20th century
Carved and incised wood with mirrored glass
Object
14 3/4 x 6 1/8 x 2 3/4 in. (37.465 x 15.558 x 6.985 cm)
Bryn Mawr College
Accession Number:
99.3.109
Other Number(s):
86 (178) (Neufeld Collection Number)
178 (Sotheby's Lot Number)
Acquisition Date:
12/20/1996
Geography:
Africa, Nigeria
Classification:
Clothing and Adornments; Toilet Articles
Culture/Nationality:
Yoruba, Nigerian, West African, African
Collection:
Neufeld Collection
Keywords
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- African - Refers to the cultures of the continent of Africa, which is bounded by the Atlantic Ocean, the Indian Ocean, and the Mediterranean Sea.
- female - Referring to the sex that normally produces eggs or female germ cells.
- indigo - A natural dark blue colorant obtained from the tropical Indigofera tinctoria plants. The use of indigo was first mentioned in Indian manuscripts in the 4th century BCE; it was first exported to Europe in Roman times. The natural material is collected as a precipitate from a fermented solution of the plant, where the coloring component, indigotin, is extracted as a colorless glycoside that turns blue with oxidation. Indigo is a fine, intense powder which may be used directly as a pigment in oil, tempera, or watercolor media. Since the exposed pigment can fade rapidly in strong sunlight, it is rarely used in art or fine textiles today. However, it is still used to dye jeans, where its fading and uneven coloring have become favorable characteristics.
- mirrors - Objects with a highly polished surface, designed to reflect images clearly. The surface is typically smooth, flat, or sometimes slightly curved, made of polished metal in ancient and medieval times, but later usually of glass with a reflective coating on one side.
- Nigerian
- scarifications - Refers to permanent marks, such as symbols, patterns, or other designs, made on human skin by scarring, done for social or cultural reasons or for personal decoration.
- West African - Styles and cultures from the region comprising the westernmost area of the African continent, defined by the United Nations as including the modern nations of Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Cape Verde, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo.
- Yoruba
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Exhibition List
This object was included in the following exhibitions:
- Journeys Through African Womanhood Bryn Mawr College , Feb 14, 2003 – Mar 28, 2003
- African Images, Western Imageries: Collecting and Recollecting African Bryn Mawr College , Sep 26, 1999 – Jun 15, 2000
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Owner Name: Mace Neufeld and Helen Katz Neufeld, Class of 1953
Role: Donor
Place: Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, US
Ownership End Date: 12/20/1996
Bibliography List
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Important Tribal Art
Sotheby's .
New York, NY, 1989
Figure Number: 178
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