Human Head Ceremonial Headband, 19th century

  • Baule, African

Gold leaf over carved wood on cloth headband

  • Overall (object): 2 3/4 × 9 1/4 × 9 1/2 inches (7 × 23.5 × 24.1 cm) Including base (mount): 9 1/2 × 9 1/4 × 9 1/2 inches (24.1 × 23.5 × 24.1 cm) Overall (footprint of base): 8 × 8 inches (20.3 × 20.3 cm)

Gift of Lillian Henkel Haass

49.340.A

On View

  • African: Fit for a King, Level 1, North

Department

African Art

Lillian Henkel Haass [1879-1960]

1949-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Quarcoopome, Nii. “Akan Leadership and Status Objects,” Bulletin of the DIA 91, no. 1-4 (2017): p. 37 (fig. 2.14).

Baule, African, Human Head Ceremonial Headband, 19th century, gold leaf over carved wood on cloth headband. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Lillian Henkel Haass, 49.340.A.