Sogoni Koun (Headdress)
Artist
Unknown
CultureBamana peoples
Titles
- Sogoni Koun (Headdress)
Date20th century
Made inMali
MediumWood and fiber with waterbuck hair
Dimensions15 7/16 × 7 5/8 × 10 9/16 in. (39.2 × 19.3 × 26.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Frank Carroll
Object number2022.14
Not on view
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Department
African ArtObject Type
Exhibition HistoryMetropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Genesis: Ideas of Origin in African Sculpture, November 19, 2002 – July 6, 2003.
MFAH, permanent galleries, 2019–2021.
Published References Warren M. Robbins and Nancy I. Nooter, African Art in American Collections, Washington, 1989, p. 70, fig. 47 Alisa LaGamma, Genesis: Ideas of Origin in African Sculpture, New York, 2002, p. 99, cat. 55 Sotheby's New York, Oceanic and Pre-Columbian Art, May 16, 2013, p. 74, lot 72. Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
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Unknown Indigenous Pacific Islands or First Nations Australian artist
1935–1962
Wood, shells, hair, tusks, clay, plant fiber, and paint
62.33
Unknown Central and South American
1100–1450 AD
Feathers, camelid hair, cotton cloth, plant fiber, reed splints, and string
2001.996
Unknown African
1925–1950
Plant fiber, pangolin skin, snake skin, elephant hair, glass buttons, glass beads, and feathers
90.500
Unknown Indigenous Pacific Islands or First Nations Australian artist
1950–1960
Plant fiber, paint, cassowary feathers, human hair, and shell
89.258
