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Object Number 2004.24.7517.2
Display Title Profile view of man wearing grass crown with feathers
Descriptions
Object Description Africa, Belgian Congo, Utua mondo, N. of Faradje. Young man with common grass woven crown and feathers. (2 views).
Subject
  • Rural
  • Headwear
  • Crown
  • Man
  • Ethnographic
  • Faunal
  • Feather
  • Floral
  • Adornment
Department Photographic
Date 1929
Artist Patrick T. L. Putnam
Culture
  • Central Sudanic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Zaire
Dimensions Overall: 7.62 x 10.16 cm (3 x 4 in.)

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