Male Headdress

Unidentified Ejagham maker

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early 20th century

Raffia, wood, hide, cotton cloth, and kaolin

Overall: 15 1/2 in. (39.4 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Harry A. Franklin Family Collection

996.25.30291

Geography

Place Made: Cross River region, Nigeria, Western Africa, Africa

Period

20th century

Object Name

Clothing: Headwear

Research Area

Africa

Not on view

Course History

ARTH 85, Senior Seminar in Theory and Method, Mary Coffey, Fall 2014

Exhibition History

Correspondences: African Sculpture at the Hood Museum of Art, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, October 12, 1996-March 2, 1997.

Provenance

Acquired by Harry A. Franklin (1904-1983), Los Angeles, California, date unknown; bequeathed to the Harry A. Franklin Family Collection, Los Angeles, California, 1983; lent to present collection, 1996; given to present collection, 2017.

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