Artist
Unknown African
CultureLega peoples, Bwami society
Titles
- Hat with Hornbill Beak
Date1925–1950
PlaceDemocratic Republic of the Congo, Africa
MediumPlant fiber, plastic discs, mussel shells, cowry shells, hornbill skull, and cotton cloth
DimensionsOverall (on mount): 22 1/2 × 7 × 6 1/4 in. (57.2 × 17.8 × 15.9 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Louis K. Adler, John B. Brent, John T. Cater, Morton A. Cohn, Peter R. Coneway, Robert J. Cruikshank, Louis B. Cushman, James J. Elacqua, Paul M. Janicke, C. Berdon Lawrence, John F. Lynch, Michael Padon, R. A. Seale, Jr., E. Ashley Smith, and Gene M. Woodfin in honor of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. at "One Great Night in November, 1990"
Object number90.501
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
203M Sterling Galleries
Exposé
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Department
African ArtObject Type
Exhibition HistoryEXHIBITED at MFAH, Sterling Gallery, November 4, 1998-present PERMANENT COLLECTION INSTALLATION
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Unknown African
1925–1950
Plant fiber, pangolin skin, snake skin, elephant hair, glass buttons, glass beads, and feathers
90.500
Unknown African
c. 1900
Raffia, cotton cloth, cowry shells, and glass beads
2022.110
Unknown African
1895–1905
Raffia, cotton cloth, cowry shells, glass beads, and brass bells
92.451
Unknown African
1880–1930
Wood, cowry shells, plant fiber, horn, and iron
91.1437
Unknown African
1900–1950
Raffia cloth, glass beads, cowry shells, raffia, wood, and paint
73.89
Unknown African
1940–1960
Wood, cowry shells, cotton cloth, sacrificial matter, plastic beads, nails, and traces of indigo
97.811.A,.B
Carina Shoshtary
2023
PLA (bio plastic), barnacles, shells, second-hand sweet-water pearls, animal teeth, silver, quartz crystals, found plastic, lacquer, and thread
2023.361.A,.B
Unknown Central and South American
650–900 AD
Shells, green stone, and metal
2001.1167
Unknown Central and South American
650–900 AD
Shells, green stone, and metal
2001.1169
Unknown Central and South American
1100–1450 AD
Wood, shells, wool, resin, and cotton twine
2001.1157
Unknown Indigenous Pacific Islands or First Nations Australian artist
1935–1962
Wood, shells, hair, tusks, clay, plant fiber, and paint
62.33