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Perfumed powder container lid (Tafarchit)
late 19th/early 20th century
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African
Tuareg
Silver, copper, stag horn, brass
1 x 3 3/8 x 3 3/8 in. (2.5 x 8.6 x 8.6 cm)
Metalwork
African Art
Founders Society Purchase with funds from the Friends of African and African American Art, the African, Oceanic and New World Cultures General Fund, Mr. and Mrs. Allan Shelden III Fund, and the Henry and Consuelo W. Wenger Foundation Fund
1994.25.B
This work is in the public domain.
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Tuareg, African, Perfumed powder container lid (Tafarchit), late 19th/early 20th Century, Silver, copper, stag horn, brass. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase with funds from the Friends of African and African American Art, the African, Oceanic and New World Cultures General Fund, et al., 1994.25.B.
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