- Collection:
- Selections from the Collections of the Tubman African American Museum, 1800-2012
- Title:
- Tent post
- Date of Original:
- 1800/2012
- Subject:
- Tuaregs
Woodwork
Camping--Equipment and supplies
Art, Tuareg
Decorative arts, Tuareg - Location:
- Northern Africa, 32.95337, 9.97559
- Medium:
- posts (structural elements)
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Tent post created by the Tuareg people of the Northern Sahara desert in North Africa.
Intricately carved wooden posts like this were used by the nomadic Tuareg people of the northern Sahara region. Called igem, these posts were used to mark and decorate the entrance to a family's tent.
Anonymous gift to the Tubman African American Museum. - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:tbmn_sftm_tm07292011-321
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/sftm/do:tm07292011-321
- Rights Holder:
- Please contact the Tubman African American Museum re: reproduction and usage. The information contained in this resource may not be re-purposed, reproduced, quoted without proper citation, or offered for sale in any form without the express written permission of the Tubman African American Museum.
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: [title of item], Selections from the Collections of the Tubman African American Museum, 1800/2012, presented in the Digital Library of Georgia.
- Extent:
- 1 post : wood ; 115 x 14 x 3 cm.
- Holding Institution:
- Tubman African-American Museum
- Rights:
-
