About the Artwork
Headdress
late 19th century
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African
Kongo
Woven raffia
Overall: 14 × 6 1/2 inches (35.6 × 16.5 cm)
Costume Accessories
African Art
Founders Society Purchase; gifts from Miss Mary F. Stevens, Mrs. E.B. Gibbs, and Georges D. Rodrigues by exchange
2001.6
This work is in the public domain.
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Provenance
Jacques Hautelet (La Jolla, California, USA)
2001-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Kongo, African, Headdress, late 19th century, woven raffia. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase; gifts from Miss Mary F. Stevens, Mrs. E.B. Gibbs, and Georges D. Rodrigues by exchange, 2001.6.
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