Headdress for the Bird Spirit, Wenilegagi | Yale University Art Gallery

mid-20th century

Medium: Feathers and fiber
Dimensions: 28 × 19 × 13 in. (71.12 × 48.26 × 33.02 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Charles D. Miller III, B.A. 1974
Accession Number: 2011.38.12
Geography: Liberia, or Guinea
Culture: Loma
Period: 20th century
Classification: Apparel/Costume
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Provenance

Gift of Charles D. Miller III to Yale University Art Gallery in 2011

Bibliography

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

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Additional information

Object/Work type

clothing, headdress, headgear

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