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- Title
- Chief's hat
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Bamileke Peoples, Cameroon
- Physical Description
- Miter-shaped hat with double layer of fabric made from whorls of light-colored cotton applique on dark green velveteen ground. Sides of hat terminate in red tassels. Front edge of hat is trimmed with red fabric.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1925-1975
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.171
- Medium and Support
- cotton appliqué with tassels
- relevance
- rank 10.88068
- Primary Keywords
- appliquè
- authority
- hats
- prestige
- Title
- Beaded Coronet (oríkògbòfó or ojewe)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Yoruba Peoples Nigeria
- Physical Description
- Round beaded crown with six radiating bands (predominantly green with white, metallic and blue accents) that stem from the central axis upon which the big blue-headed bird sits. Smaller birds perch at the base of the bands. Bottom rim predominantly red with white, metallic and blue accents. Spaces in between vertical bands are filled with yellow feathers or possibly synthetic material.
- Century
- Mid-20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1925-1975
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.345
- Medium and Support
- cloth, glass beads, metallic beads, feathers
- relevance
- rank 10.76236
- Primary Keywords
- authority
- beads
- birds
- crown
- royalty
- Title
- Flywhisk (mpiya, nsea, nfunka or nyese)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Dondo Peoples Congo Republic
- Physical Description
- Wood-carved flywhisk is shape of a woman. Her torso doubles as the whisk handle and is scarified with leaden inlay, which has been worn smooth due to extended use. A red cotton wrap marks the transition zone between the female’s torso and the buffalo hair whisk below. The whisk visually acts as a grass skirt completing the above figure’s body and dress.
- Century
- late 18th - early 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1800
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.176
- Medium and Support
- wood, lead, cotton fiber, buffalo hair
- relevance
- rank 10.64658
- Primary Keywords
- authority
- divination
- figure (representation)
- flywhisks
- prestige
- Title
- Ogboni staff
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Yoruba Peoples Nigeria
- Physical Description
- Brass female figure, kneeling with buttocks on the heels, atop an iron staff. The protruding eyes, nose, and mouth convey a serene, dignified and somewhat withdrawn look. The figure has a beard around the face; she wears ornamentation in small holes atop the ears, cone-shaped headgear, and an elaborate necklace; there is a small spiral motif on the forehead, and two larger spiral motifs on the sides of the body. The hands are held in closed fists in front of the body, the left hand on top of the right.
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1970
- Accession Number
- 2001/2.39
- Medium and Support
- brass, iron
- relevance
- rank 10.64658
- Primary Keywords
- authority
- ceremonial staffs
- figurines
- iron (metal)
- Title
- Oba’s Beaded Crown (adénlá)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Yoruba Peoples Nigeria
- Physical Description
- Beaded, veil fringed, canonical crown; seven long beaded tassles dangle from the bottom rim of the crown; entire surface area is embroidered with multi-colored seed beads; three tiers of colorful faces surround the perimeter; a series of three dimensional birds perch on top of the crown; the largest bird sits on tip and is removable.
- Century
- Mid-20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1925-1975
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.306
- Medium and Support
- glass beads, cotton fabric, raffia palm
- relevance
- rank 10.53327
- Primary Keywords
- authority
- beads
- birds
- crown
- faces
- head
- royalty
- Title
- Chair
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Chokwe Peoples Angola
- Physical Description
- Two squatting figures decorate the finials; one is elderly, bearded, and scarified, while the other is fresh-faced and young. At the lower left rung, two men carry a slit drum; between the caryatid figures supporting the chair’s front legs appear three men; the central splat has incised diagonal patterns called fuliko. At the center, what is possibly a pointy-nosed European’s face replaces the more habitual chikungu masker.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1925
- Accession Number
- 1992/1.136
- Medium and Support
- wood (dyed with vegetal infusion or stained with castor oil), animal hide
- relevance
- rank 10.53327
- Primary Keywords
- authority
- carving
- ceremonial chairs
- wood (sculpture by material)
- Title
- Elephant Mask (mbap mteng)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Bamileke Peoples, Cameroon
- Physical Description
- Face mask embroidered extensively wtih glass beads. Two long panels hang down the front and back of the wearer. Humanoid face at top has two round eye holes allowing the wearer to see, a strip of fabric for nose and open, upturned mouth. Ears are protruding disks attached on either side of the face . Top of the head is covered with small, corklike knobs covered with black cloth. The beadwork is predominantly green, with intricate, scallop-shaped patterns along edge of panels, and vertical, star-like patterns filling center of the panels. Interior of panels is lined with damask.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1950-1999
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.319
- Medium and Support
- cloth, glass beads, fiber
- relevance
- rank 10.42234
- Primary Keywords
- authority
- beads
- elephants
- face masks
- masquerades
- prestige
- royalty
- Title
- Chief’s Caryatid Stool (citwamo ka kaponya)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Chokwe Peoples Angola
- Physical Description
- This hour-glass shaped stool is supported by two caryatid figures who sit in a pose of lamentation—crouched with head in hands. Scarified patterned abstracted tears spill from their lower eyelids. Brass studs adorn the perimeter of the stool’s seat, base, and figures. Both figures wear strings of black, red and white beads around their necks.
- Century
- Late 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 2nd half of 19th century
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.204
- Medium and Support
- wood, glass beads, and brass tacks
- relevance
- rank 10.42234
- Primary Keywords
- authority
- brasswork
- carving
- figures (representations)
- wood (sculpture by material)
- Title
- Women in Front of the Prison
- Artist
- Fanny Rabel
- Physical Description
- Three women stand at the center of the piece in front of what appears to be a prison. The woman in the middle covers her mouth with her hand; face filled with anguish. The face of the woman to the right of the painting is not shown, while the woman to the left stands with hands clasp, hair long, and face stoic.
- Artist Life Dates
- Mexican, born Poland, 1922-2008
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1924-1958
- Accession Number
- 1958/1.110
- Medium and Support
- lithograph on paper
- relevance
- rank 9.59131
- Primary Keywords
- buildings, local authority
- groups of people
- groups, ethnic
- standing
- women
- Title
- Staff
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Yaka Peoples, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Physical Description
- A stylized human head with an elaborate coiffure, sitting atop a larger animal head with scarification marks below the eyes, tops a well-carved staff with angular handle and a zig-zag carved pattern below the handle. The eyes of both figures are set in shallow cavities and appear squinted or closed.
- Object Creation Date
- mid 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2001/2.19
- Medium and Support
- wood
- relevance
- rank 9.58423
- Primary Keywords
- authority
- ceremonial staffs
- heads
- staff
- staffs (walking sticks)