Headdress
1900s
Maker Unknown
African Art
Headdress, 1900s. Africa, Central Africa, Cameroon, Grassfields region, Bamileke-style maker. African gray parrot feathers, wood, plant fiber, probably cotton, string, and colorant; diameter: 90 cm (35 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Sundry Purchase Fund 2007.181 This headdress has an ingenious built-in storage system: it can be flipped inside out to encase the feathers within a rigid woven structure, protecting them during storage or travel.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Garment
- Formatted Medium
- African gray parrot feathers, wood, plant fiber, probably cotton, string, and colorant
- Dimensions
- Diameter: 90 cm (35 7/16 in.)
- Departments
- African Art
- Accession Number
- 2007.181
- Credit Line
- Sundry Purchase Fund
- Exhibitions
- African art rotation, African art rotation, Main Gallery Rotation (gallery 108): May 17, 2010 - June 20, 2011.<br><br>Main Gallery Rotation (gallery 108): October 20, 2014 -
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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