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Object Number
999-9-50/12822
Display Title
Dyed fiber head covering
Descriptions
Object Description
Headdress with appearance of Peul/Fulani woman.
The object is a dyed fiber headcover with a crest. The cap is made of bundles on 'z' twisted black fibers and constructed in an open work figure-of-eight looping. It is decorated with 'z' twisted knotted strands that hang at the sides of the cap and a crest made of brown plant fibers. The crest is framed with yellow beads, topped with small white beads that are linked together with a red thread and cowrie shells. Two decoarated cloth panels hang from the rim the cap; one contains eyeholes so as to be fitted over the face.
Inventory Description
Headdress, twisted veg fiber netting and fringe, fiber crest with beads/cowries
Classification
- Headdress
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Dogon
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Mali
Dimensions
Overall: 28.1 x 18.4 x 30.5 cm (11 1/16 x 7 1/4 x 12 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
999-9-50/12822
Provenance
Collector
Donald Deskey
(1972-1978 ca.)
Donor
Donald Deskey
(1972-1978 ca.)
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|
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