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Headdress
Headdress
Date:
20th century
Location:
Not on display
Century:
20th Century AD
Media:
Skin, Tusk, Cloth, Metal
Dimensions:
12 x 8 x 9 (30.5 x 20.3 x 22.9 cm)
Department:
Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
Object Type:
Ritual Object
Country:
Nigeria
Continent:
Africa
Culture/People:
Ejagham
Accession Number:
1994.33.3
Acquisition Date:
1994-06-16
Credit Line:

Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Ralph Spiegl

zoomorphic, wood base with woven basketry, animal skin covered head with attached red cloth horns, fiber tassels, boars tusk attached, embroidered panel

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