Male Headdress
Unidentified Ejagham maker
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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