What’s Missing in Good as Gold (Multimedia)

Good as Gold: Installing Art in a Pandemic

Good as Gold: Fashioning Senegalese Women is co-organized by the NC Museum of Art and the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African Art. Did you know that most art museums send couriers with their loaned objects? Because of the fragility of the pieces and the complexity of their mounts, a courier from the Smithsonian was scheduled to install several of these works in person. But COVID-19 travel restrictions prevented the courier from traveling, so some objects could not be installed. In this album, you will find images of the pieces that could not be installed due to COVID-19.

Photographs provided by the National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.

wooden handle of a flywhisk covered in gold leaf with patterns — Baule artist, Côte d'Ivoire Flywhisk Early to mid-20th century. Wood, horse hair, gold leaf, cloth National Museum of African Art, gift of Brian and Diane Leyden, 2001-15-1

gold earrings with decretive flowers and patterns — Wolof artist, Dakar, Senegal Earrings (Pauline Diack) 1974 Gold-plated silver alloy National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, gift of Dr. Marian Ashby Johnson, 2012-18-80

Four gold- plated bracelets stacked on top of each other and leaning to the right — Wolof artist, Dakar, Senegal Stacking bracelet set Late 20th to early 21st century Gold-plated copper alloy National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, gift of Dr. Marian Ashby Johnson, 2012-18-153

small pendant made of gold-plated copper with a light and lacy pattern on top — Unidentified artist Necklace pendant with filigree overlay Late 20th century Gold-plated copper alloy; collected (and possibly modified) in Dakar, Senegal National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, gift of Dr. Marian Ashby Johnson, 2012-18-139

Set of large gold twisted hoop earrings — Fulbe artist, Mali Earrings (dibé) Late 20th century Gold alloy National Museum of African Art, gift of Dr. Marian Ashby Johnson, 2012-18-122

Close up of large gold twisted hoop earring — Fulbe artist, Mali Earrings (dibé) Late 20th century Gold alloy National Museum of African Art, gift of Dr. Marian Ashby Johnson, 2012-18-122

Gold dangling curved earrings — Tukulor or Wolof artist, Senegal Earrings Mid-late 20th century Gold alloy National Museum of African Art, gift of Dr. Marian Ashby Johnson, 2012-18-105

Gold circular earrings with delicate pattern — Tukulor artist or client, Senegal Earrings Late 20th century Gold-plated copper alloy National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, gift of Dr. Marian Ashby Johnson, 2012-18-101

Gold necklace with cylinder beads — Tukulor or Fulbe artist, Senegal Necklace Early to mid-20th century Gold National Museum of African Art, gift of Dr. Marian Ashby Johnson, 2012-18-31

Close up image of gold necklace with cylinder beads — Tukulor or Fulbe artist, Senegal Necklace Early to mid-20th century Gold National Museum of African Art, gift of Dr. Marian Ashby Johnson, 2012-18-31

cylinder hollow earrings made of gold with intricate design — Tukulor or Fulbe artist, Dakar, Senegal Earrings Mid- to late 20th century Gold-plated silver alloy National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, gift of Dr. Marian Ashby Johnson, 2012-18-87

a circular hair ornament with a cross design on it — Tukulor artist, Senegal Hair ornaments in variations of the cross design Mid-20th century National Museum of African Art, gift of Dr. Marian Ashby Johnson, 2012-18-68

Two oval pendants with a flower at the top and stem and leaves at the bottom — Unknown artist, Senegal Pendants Representing Blossom and Leaves of a Groundnut Plant (khoub u raisin) 1910s-1920s Gilt silver (gold wash) National Museum of African Art, gift of Dr. Marian Ashby Johnson, 2012-18-56

Diamond shaped, gold pendant with a flower in the middle — Unknown artist, Senegal Pendant Early 20th century Gilt silver (gold wash) National Museum of African Art, gift of Dr. Marian Ashby Johnson, 2012-18-54

gold three piece pendant that looks like three butterflies touching wings — Wolof or Tukulor artist, Senegal Butterfly Necklace Pendant 1930s-1950s Gold National Museum of African Art, gift of Dr. Marian Ashby Johnson, 2012-18-45

Black wig made of braided raffia leaves — Tukulor or Wolof artist, Dakar, Senegal Wig (gossi) 1940s–1950s Raffia National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, gift of Dr. Marian Ashby Johnson, 2012-18-43

a gold necklace with large pendant in the middle and small wing shaped pendants around it — Unknown artist, Senegal Stylized Butterfly Necklace Early 20th century Gold National Museum of African Art, gift of Dr. Marian Ashby Johnson, 2012-18-40

small silver and gold cone shaped hair ornament with granules — Tukulor or Wolof artist, Senegal Hair ornaments (koulalat and cadia) 1940s-1950s Silver and gold alloy National Museum of African Art, gift of Dr. Marian Ashby Johnson, 2012-18-12

silver and gold disk shaped hair ornament — Tukulor or Wolof artist, Senegal Hair ornaments (koulalat and cadia) 1940s-1950s Silver and gold alloy National Museum of African Art, gift of Dr. Marian Ashby Johnson, 2012-18-6

small gold disc shaped ornament with granules — Soninke artist, Mauritania Ornament (claws of the lion) Late 19th to early 20th century Gold-plated silver alloy National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, gift of the Roy and Brigitta Mitchell Collection, 2010-10-5

five foot tall black staff with small gold foil sculpture on top — Fante artist, Central Region, Ghana Counselor’s staff of office (ͻkyeame poma) Mid-20th century Wood, gold foil National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, museum purchase, 2004-11-1

gold necklace with three pendants and other circular beads — Wolof artist, Senegal Three pendant necklace (modified paniers des fleurs) 20th century Gold alloy Collection of Hannah Baldwin, Takoma Park, Md.

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