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<p>[QUOTE="Dawnno, post: 592845, member: 10171"]Don't know enough about African tribal art except that attributions can be 'tricky' without provenance, and I don't have any for this piece. I can't place the region or date with any accuracy from my research. Pictures hopefully will tell the story and you can provide some of the rest. </p><p><br /></p><p>The 'dress' is wrapped twine with a waxy or perhaps 'tarred' appearance and feel. The beads have a look of having been 'dipped' in a dye or stain along with the rest of it, which is wearing off the beads. One hair bead is cracked down the middle and the appearance and weight and feel like plastic, not glass. The 'dress top' beads appear have a white body with blue or red thin stripe across them. </p><p><br /></p><p>Tourist piece? As most might be… or something more ‘tribal’?</p><p>[ATTACH=full]176748[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]176749[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]176750[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]176751[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]176752[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]176753[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]176754[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]176755[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]176756[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]176757[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Dawnno, post: 592845, member: 10171"]Don't know enough about African tribal art except that attributions can be 'tricky' without provenance, and I don't have any for this piece. I can't place the region or date with any accuracy from my research. Pictures hopefully will tell the story and you can provide some of the rest. The 'dress' is wrapped twine with a waxy or perhaps 'tarred' appearance and feel. The beads have a look of having been 'dipped' in a dye or stain along with the rest of it, which is wearing off the beads. One hair bead is cracked down the middle and the appearance and weight and feel like plastic, not glass. The 'dress top' beads appear have a white body with blue or red thin stripe across them. Tourist piece? As most might be… or something more ‘tribal’? [ATTACH=full]176748[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]176749[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]176750[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]176751[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]176752[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]176753[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]176754[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]176755[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]176756[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]176757[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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