Kalyeem (Prestige Hat) from Kuba Judge's Regalia
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unknown Kuba (Congolese)
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Kalyeem (Prestige Hat) from Kuba Judge's Regalia
Mid 20th century
Woven, embroidered, and beaded cloth with raffia, cowrie shells, and glass beads
11 in. x 7 1/2 in. x 5 3/4 in. (27.94 cm x 19.05 cm x 14.61 cm)
Bryn Mawr College
Accession Number:
99.3.125.e
Other Number(s):
106 (238) (Neufeld Collection Number)
238 (Sotheby's Lot Number)
Geography:
Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Classification:
Ceremonial and Performance Artifacts; Ritual Objects
Culture/Nationality:
Kuba, Congolese, Central 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.
- Central African - Styles and cultures from a wide region of Africa that straddles the Equator and is drained largely by the Congo River system.
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Exhibition List
This object was included in the following exhibitions:
- Worlds to Discover: 125 Years of Collections at Bryn Mawr College Bryn Mawr College , Sep 24, 2010 – May 28, 2011
- Selected Works of Art, Archaeology, Ethnography and Decorative Arts from the College's Collections Bryn Mawr College , Feb 20, 2002 – Feb 24, 2002
- 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: 238e -
Marianne Hansen
and Emily Croll.
Worlds to Discover.
Bryn Mawr College.
Bryn Mawr, PA, 2010
Page Number: 29
Comparanda List
The following Comparanda exist for this object:
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Doran H. Ross,
"African Art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston."
African Arts
36, no. 3
(Autumn 2003):
41, 43; Accession No.: 92.451 ,
Figure Number: 12.
- John Gillow, African Textiles: Color and Creativity Across a Continent (New York, NY: Thames & Hudson, 2016), 204-205.
- John Pemberton, III, African Beaded Art: Power and Adornment (Northhampton, MA: Smith College Museum of Art, 2008), 137. Figure Number: 68
Related Bibliography List
The following Related Bibliography exist for this object:
- John Gillow, African Textiles: Color and Creativity Across a Continent (New York, NY: Thames & Hudson, 2016), 204-205.
- John Pemberton, III, African Beaded Art: Power and Adornment (Northhampton, MA: Smith College Museum of Art, 2008), 136-137.
- Joseph Cornet, "The Itul Celebration of the Kuba." African Arts 13, no. 3 (May 1980): 28-33, 92.
- Joseph Cornet, Art Royal Kuba (Milano: Edizioni Sipiel, 1982), 216-217. Figure Number: 264
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Ilondo (Sword) from Kuba Judge's Regalia
99.3.125.d
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