Headdress in the Form of an Indian Woman's Head Surmounted by an Animal Head

Medium

Wood, paint, nails, and fiber

Dimensions

32 × 15 × 10 in. (81.28 × 38.1 × 25.4 cm)

Credit Line

Charles B. Benenson, B.A. 1933, Collection

Accession Number

2006.51.274

Geography
Period

20th century

Classification
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Provenance

Provenance

Jeremiah Cole, Los Angeles and Atlanta: unknown dates
Charles B. Benenson Collection, donated to Yale University Art Gallery in 2004
Bibliography
  • Frederick John Lamp, Amanda Maples, and Laura M. Smalligan, Accumulating Histories: African Art from the Charles B. Benenson Collection at the Yale University Art Gallery (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2012), 201, ill.
  • Barkley L. Hendricks, "Acquisitions, July 1, 2005–June 30, 2006," in "Photography at Yale," special issue, Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (2006), 222
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Additional information

Object/Work type

ceremonial objects, headdress, headgear, masks (costume)

Subject

animals women

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