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late 19th century
Length x width x height: 16.5 x 20.3 x 17.8 cm (6 1/2 x 8 x 7 in.)
Black metal stand: 12.7 x 12.7 cm (5 x 5 in.)
Raffia, cowrie shells, traces of pigment
Classification: Costumes
Culture: African, Ndengese peoples
Accession number: 2011.482
Description: Men's prestige headdress of plaited raffia, decorated with cowrie shells.
Provenance/Ownership History: February 20, 2004, sold by Pace Gallery, New York, 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