Beaded Headdress, Kalyeem

CultureKuba peoples, Bushoong group
Titles
  • Beaded Headdress, Kalyeem
Date1895–1905
PlaceDemocratic Republic of the Congo, Africa
MediumRaffia, cotton cloth, cowry shells, glass beads, and brass bells
Dimensions10 1/4 × 5 3/4 × 5 3/4 in. (26 × 14.6 × 14.6 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Walter G. Finger, Jonathan S. Finger, Richard B. Finger, and Jerry E. Finger in honor of Bessie Finger at "One Great Night in November, 1992"
Object number92.451
Non exposé

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Department
African Art
Provenance[Unkown dealer, Europe]; [Joel Cooner Gallery, Dallas, 1992]; purchased by MFAH, 1992.
Exhibition History"African Beaded Art: Power and Adornment," Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, Massachusetts, February 1–June 15, 2008.

Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscription: Labeled on bottom of base: "3192" "Kaleem/ JC530"

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Kalyeem (Beaded Headdress)
c. 1900
Raffia, cotton cloth, cowry shells, and glass beads
2022.110
1900–1950
Raffia cloth, glass beads, cowry shells, raffia, wood, and paint
73.89
Udamalore (Ceremonial Knife with Sheath)
1875–1925
Ivory, iron, glass beads, brass bells, cotton cloth, wood, and cane
91.1551
Twin Figure (ere ibeji) with Garment
1940–1960
Wood, cowry shells, cotton cloth, sacrificial matter, plastic beads, nails, and traces of indigo
97.811.A,.B
Crown, Ade
1900–1940
Glass and jasper beads, cotton cloth, raffia cloth, cane, and iron
98.240
Hat with Hornbill Beak
1925–1950
Plant fiber, plastic discs, mussel shells, cowry shells, hornbill skull, and cotton cloth
90.501
Belt
1900–1970
Cloth, shells, beads
97.750
Elephant Mask
1900–1950
Cotton cloth, flannel, glass beads, raffia cloth, indigo dye, and cane (?)
97.341
Elephant Mask
1900–1950
Raffia cloth, indigo dye, glass beads, and cotton cloth
90.557
Pair of Beaded and Quilled Moccasins with Horse-Track Design
c. 1870–1900
Hide, softened and dyed porcupine quills, beads, cotton cloth, thread, and tin cones
2022.54.A,.B
Female Twin Figure, Ere Ibeji, with Garment
1900–1930
Wood, glass beads, cotton cloth, nails, coconut shell beads, and traces of indigo and tukula
91.1448.A,.B
Twin Figures, Ere Ibeji, with Shared Garment
1900–1950
Wood, glass beads, cotton cloth, coconut shell beads, and traces of indigo and tukula
91.1447.A-.C