Chief Swordbearer's Headdress
Artist
Unknown African
CultureAsante peoples
Titles
- Chief Swordbearer's Headdress
Date1825–1840
PlaceGhana, Africa
MediumSheet gold, sheet metal, cloth, feathers, leather, wood, and metal staples
Dimensions21 1/2 × 19 3/4 × 14 inches (54.7 × 50.3 × 35.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number97.908
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
201M Blaffer Gallery
Exposé
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Department
African Art, Glassell CollectionObject Type
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Unknown African
1945–1960
Wood, gold leaf, and wire staples
97.1268
Unknown African
1900–1930
Wood, gold leaf, and wire staples
97.1395
Unknown Central and South American
1100–1450 AD
Feathers, camelid hair, cotton cloth, plant fiber, reed splints, and string
2001.996
Unknown North American
1900–1945
Painted wood, leather, cloth, feathers, evergreen twigs, beads, string
44.415
Unknown Central and South American
1200–1532 AD
Wool and feathers
2001.998.A,.B
Unknown Indigenous Pacific Islands or First Nations Australian artist
1900–1973
Raffia, bamboo, other plant fibers, wood, paint, seeds, and feathers
73.182
Unknown Indigenous Pacific Islands or First Nations Australian artist
1900–1925
Cane, rattan, cassowary feathers, mud, and paint
93.390