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Eouya Society Headdress (Kébé Kébe)

late 19th–early 20th century

Wood, pigment, and metal

12 × 6 × 5 1/2 in. (30.48 × 15.24 × 13.97 cm)
Katharine Ordway Collection
1980.13.24
Geography: 
Made in Republic of the Congo
Status: 
On view
Culture: 
Kuyu
Period: 
19th–20th century
Classification: 
Masks
Provenance: 

Katherine Ordway Collection, gifted to Yale University Art Gallery, 1980

Bibliography: 

Lesley K. Baier, The Katharine Ordway Collection, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 1983), 123, no. 116.

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.