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
On view
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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
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
Unknown African
1895–1905
Raffia, cotton cloth, cowry shells, glass beads, and brass bells
92.451
Julio Le Parc
1968
Light, steel discs, nylon threads, steel mounting frame
2004.1616
Julio Le Parc
1960–1966
Light, steel discs, nylon threads, wooden mounting frame
2005.321
Jennifer McCoy
2001
Custom digital video playback installation with 277 video compact discs
2021.109
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
