SPECIAL ADVISORY: The Yale University Art Gallery is free and open to the public from Tuesday through Sunday. Masks and COVID-19 vaccination (including booster, if eligible) are required.Review our Visitor Policies
African Art
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:
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.