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African Art
Cultural Object
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Feathered Costume

mid-20th century

Chicken feathers and grass

43 5/16 × 51 3/16 × 5 7/8 in. (110 × 130 × 15 cm)
Leonard C. Hanna, Jr., Class of 1913, Fund
2011.15.1
Geography: 
Cameroon
Status: 
Not on view
Culture: 
Bamileke
Period: 
20th century
Classification: 
Apparel/Costume
Provenance: 

South African Blueberry Company C.C.
Ken Karmer, owner
T/A Gallery Ezakwantu Alcatraz
Bo La Motte Farm
B.O. Box 36
Franschhoek 7690
Republic of South Africa
Tel: 27 21 8762260, email SABlueberry@lantic.net.
Fax 0866755951

Mrs. Claudie Lebas-Argosti
Galerie l'Accrosonge
17, rue Sainte-Croix-de-la-Bretonnerie
75004 Paris.
contact@accrosonge.com
http://www.accrosonge.com

Bibliography: 

“Acquisitions,” https://artgallery.yale.edu/sites/default/files/files/Pub_Bull_acquisitions_2011.pdf (accessed March 1, 2012).

Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of such records is ongoing.