Minneapolis Institute of Art

Man's corset

Dinka artist

Date

about 1970

Medium

Beads, cotton, iron, cowrie shell

Culture

Dinka

Department

Global Contemporary Art

Institution

Minneapolis Institute of Art

Dinka men used to dress lightly—until recently, they simply covered their torsos in tight, beaded corsets, highlighting their lithe figures. But these garments did more than that: the colors of the beads signal social and marital status as well as the wearer’s age. Red and black means a young man between 15 and 25 years old. Sudan, Africa

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