Unknown African
Prestige Cap

Prestige Cap

Public Domain

Prestige Cap
Artist
CultureCameroon peoples
Titles
  • Prestige Cap
Date1940–1960
PlaceCameroon, Africa
MediumCotton and indigo dye
Dimensions7 3/4 × 10 1/4 × 6 in. (19.7 × 26 × 15.2 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Gerald B. Smith at "One Great Night in November, 1998"
Object number98.595
Not on view

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Department
African Art
Object Type
Provenance[Unknown dealer, USA, by 1996]; [Joel Cooner Gallery, Dallas, 1996–1998]; purchased by MFAH, 1998.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
The hat is unsigned

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Prestige Cap
Unknown African
Prestige Cap
1900–1940
Cotton and indigo dye
98.596
Ensemble
Unknown Greek
Ensemble
19th century
Cotton, wool, polychrome silk, and metallic thread
35.9.1-.6
Prestige Cap
Unknown African
Prestige Cap
1900–1950
Cotton, wool, and glass bead
95.249
Sword handle of a hand holding a snake
Unknown African
Sword handle of a hand holding a snake
1845–1855
Wood and gold leaf
97.1276
Chair Gold Weight
Unknown African
Chair Gold Weight
1900–1977
Brass
77.141
Scan from photography for Glassell catalog
Unknown African
Sword with Sheath
1895–1905
Iron, wood, and gold leaf
97.1393.A-.C
Elephant Mask
Unknown African
Elephant Mask
1900–1950
Raffia cloth, indigo dye, glass beads, and cotton cloth
90.557
Elephant Mask
Unknown African
Elephant Mask
1900–1950
Cotton cloth, flannel, glass beads, raffia cloth, indigo dye, and cane (?)
97.341
Pendant
Unknown Central and South American
Pendant
900–1500 AD
Gold
2001.1240
Mother-and-Child Figure
Unknown African
Mother-and-Child Figure
1865–1900
Wood and traces of indigo
91.238
Twin Figures, Ere Ibeji, with Shared Garment
Unknown African
Twin Figures, Ere Ibeji, with Shared Garment
1900–1950
Wood, glass beads, cotton cloth, coconut shell beads, and traces of indigo and tukula
91.1447.A-.C
Twin Figure (ere ibeji) with Garment
Unknown African
Twin Figure (ere ibeji) with Garment
1940–1960
Wood, cowry shells, cotton cloth, sacrificial matter, plastic beads, nails, and traces of indigo
97.811.A,.B