Headdress
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unknown Tikar
Primary
Headdress
19th century - 20th century
Carved, incised, painted, and burned wood with raffia
Maximum length
29 x 16 x 16 in. (73.66 x 40.64 x 40.64 cm)
Bryn Mawr College
Accession Number:
99.3.110
Other Number(s):
89 (183) (Neufeld Collection Number)
183 (Sotheby's Lot Number)
Acquisition Date:
12/20/1996
Geography:
Africa, Cameroon
Classification:
Ceremonial and Performance Artifacts
Culture/Nationality:
Tikar, Cameroonian, West African, African
Collection:
Neufeld Collection
Keywords
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This object has the following keywords:
- African - Refers to the cultures of the continent of Africa, which is bounded by the Atlantic Ocean, the Indian Ocean, and the Mediterranean Sea.
- Cameroonian - Style and culture of the nation of Cameroon, lying at the junction of western and central Africa.
- Central African - Styles and cultures from a wide region of Africa that straddles the Equator and is drained largely by the Congo River system.
Additional Images
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Exhibition List
This object was included in the following exhibitions:
- African Images, Western Imageries: Collecting and Recollecting African Bryn Mawr College , Sep 26, 1999 – Jun 15, 2000
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Owner Name: Mace Neufeld and Helen Katz Neufeld, Class of 1953
Role: Donor
Place: Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, US
Ownership End Date: 12/20/1996
Bibliography List
The following Bibliography exist for this object:
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Important Tribal Art
Sotheby's .
New York, NY, 1989
Figure Number: 183 - "African Heritage Document and Research Center." (Accessed June 11, 2020): AHDRC.eu. Record No.: 0011122.
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