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
Not on view
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Department
African ArtObject Type
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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1900–1950
Raffia cloth, glass beads, cowry shells, raffia, wood, and paint
73.89
1875–1925
Ivory, iron, glass beads, brass bells, cotton cloth, wood, and cane
91.1551
1940–1960
Wood, cowry shells, cotton cloth, sacrificial matter, plastic beads, nails, and traces of indigo
97.811.A,.B
1925–1950
Plant fiber, plastic discs, mussel shells, cowry shells, hornbill skull, and cotton cloth
90.501
1900–1950
Cotton cloth, flannel, glass beads, raffia cloth, indigo dye, and cane (?)
97.341
c. 1870–1900
Hide, softened and dyed porcupine quills, beads, cotton cloth, thread, and tin cones
2022.54.A,.B
1900–1950
Wood, glass beads, cotton cloth, coconut shell beads, and traces of indigo and tukula
91.1447.A-.C
1900–1930
Wood, glass beads, cotton cloth, nails, coconut shell beads, and traces of indigo and tukula
91.1448.A,.B