Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: The Museum Year 2012
The Acquisitions
David and Roberta Logie Department of Textile and Fashion Arts: July 2011–June 2012
Helmet
late 19th/early 20th century
Diameter and length: 22.9 cm (9 in.)
Brushed metal stand: 17.5 x 17.5 cm (6 7/8 x 6 7/8 in.)
Cotton plain weave, skin, raffia basket
Classification: Costumes
Culture: African, Cameroon, Grassfields
Object Place: Cameroon
Accession number: 2011.481
Description: Helmet type cap on raffia basketry support. Covered in skin or leather with protrusions created by knots in raffia underneath. Ridge across the top.
Provenance/Ownership History: April 5, 2006, sold by Douglas Dawson Gallery, Chicago, to a private collector; 2011, consigned by this private collector to Andres Moraga Textile Art, Berkeley, CA; 2011, sold by Andres Moraga to the MFA. (Accession date: September 21, 2011)
Marshall H. Gould Fund