Hair Pin

Hair Pin, no date

  • Ethiopian, African

Wood

  • Framed: Overall: 14 3/4 × 1 1/4 × 1/4 inches (37.5 × 3.2 × 0.6 cm)

Gift of Frederick Stearns

90.1S14558

Department

Africa, Oceania & Indigenous Americas

  • Geometric motifs
  • Ethiopian styles
  • Wood
  • Hairpin

Details

Provenance

Frederick Stearns [1831-1907]; 1890-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Rights Status

Ethiopian, African, Hair Pin, no date, wood. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Frederick Stearns, 90.1S14558.

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