Initiation Headdress

CultureGisu peoples
Titles
  • Initiation Headdress
Date1940–1960
PlaceUganda
MediumBlack-and-white Colobus monkey fur, fiber, and cowrie shells
DimensionsOverall: 17 1/2 × 6 1/4 × 7 in. (44.5 × 15.9 × 17.8 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Robert H. Wilson, Jr., by exchange
Object number2011.237
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
203M Sterling Galleries
Exposé

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Department
African Art
Provenance[Joel Cooner Gallery, Dallas, 2011]; purchased by MFAH, 2011.

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