Overview
Good as Gold: Fashioning Senegalese Women marked the first major exhibition of Senegalese gold jewellery, focusing on the history of Senegal’s gold and the beauty and complexity of the ways Senegalese women use ornament and fashion to present themselves.
Good as Gold: Fashioning Senegalese Women marked the first major exhibition of Senegalese gold jewellery focusing on the history of Senegal’s gold and the beauty and complexity of the ways Senegalese women use ornament and fashion to present themselves.
A key theme of the exhibition is the Senegalese concept of sañse (a Wolof word for dressing up or looking and feeling good). Good as Gold explored how a woman in a city like Dakar might use a piece of gold jewellery to build a carefully tailored, elegant fashion ensemble.
The exhibition was organised by Kevin D. Dumouchelle of the National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, and curated by Amanda Maples of the North Carolina Museum of Art.
