Artist
Unknown African
CultureKuba peoples, Bushoong group
Titles
- Kalyeem (Beaded Headdress)
Datec. 1900
PlaceDemocratic Republic of the Congo
MediumRaffia, cotton cloth, cowry shells, and glass beads
Dimensions10 11/16 × 6 1/2 × 6 in. (27.1 × 16.5 × 15.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Frank Carroll
Object number2022.110
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
203M Sterling Galleries
On view
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Department
African ArtObject Type
Exhibition HistoryElephant: The Animal and Its Ivory in African Culture, Fowler Museum of Cultural History, UCLA, September 30, 1992-May 16, 1993.
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, permanent exhibition, August 4, 1998-August 26, 2014; April 23, 2015-present.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
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Unknown African
1895–1905
Raffia, cotton cloth, cowry shells, glass beads, and brass bells
92.451
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
1900–1940
Glass and jasper beads, cotton cloth, raffia cloth, cane, and iron
98.240
Unknown African
1925–1950
Plant fiber, plastic discs, mussel shells, cowry shells, hornbill skull, and cotton cloth
90.501
Unknown African
1900–1950
Cotton cloth, flannel, glass beads, raffia cloth, indigo dye, and cane (?)
97.341
Unknown North American
c. 1870–1900
Hide, softened and dyed porcupine quills, beads, cotton cloth, thread, and tin cones
2022.54.A,.B
Unknown African
1900–1950
Wood, glass beads, cotton cloth, coconut shell beads, and traces of indigo and tukula
91.1447.A-.C
