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Headdress
Headdress
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Headdress

Artist Karamojong Artist
Date20th century
MediumFeathers, mud, metal coils, pigment
Dimensionswithout feathers: 6 1/2 x 7 1/4 x 11 1/2 in. (16.5 x 18.4 x 29.2 cm)
ClassificationsClothing and accessories
Credit LineGift of Rod McGalliard
Object number2003.40.14
Collections
Visual Descriptiondealer tag #38
Headdress
Headdress
Karamojong Artist
20th century
A costume with a grass skirt, black and white striped shirt, and conical headdress.
Masquerade (deangle)
Mano Artist
c. 1940
Ruff of feathers secured with twine.
Cassowary Headdress
New Guinean, Middle or Lower Sepik
last half 20th century
A dark wooden mask featuring incised geometric patterns and large, deep circular eye sockets with raised center pegs. It is topped with a thick crown of dark feathers and fibers, with long, thin tendrils hanging down from the sides.
Mask, ishyeenmaal, isehndemale or pwoom itok
Kuba Artist
20th century
Body masquerade woven(?) horizontally of woven rattan. Pig face with snout from which feathers, twine and fabric dangle. Cowrie shell eyes. Headdress of face. Earrings ? object in nose dangle from ears. Tusks extending from one side of mouth. Rows of cassowary feathers extend length of body and fringe hangs at bottom. Highlighted with earth pigment.
Pig dance costume
Iatmul
20th century
Long open ? plaited fiber cap. When worn extends down back and ends in small likeness of lizard or crocodile with mouth. Strands of fiber adorned with cowrie shells and painted with red and white pigment. Small twine loops with evidence of feathers at top.
Bridal Headpiece (ambusap)
Iatmul
20th century
Finely woven rattan body costume with hanging fiber. Wings and head made from plaited string. Long neck. Design painted on predominately black body. Shell eye. Cassowary feathers extend down sides and ridge of back. Dangling twine from circular disc ears.
Cassowary Dance Costume
Iatmul
20th century
Large Dance Mask
Large Dance Mask
New Guinean, Blackwater River, Sepik
20th century
Woven rattan helmet-type mask with attached clay covered rattan disk as face. Large pierced nose. Cowrie shell beard. Small slit mouth and eyes. Surrounded by cassowary feathers.
Initiation Mask
Iatmul
20th century
A dark wooden mask featuring deep round eyes, a prominent nose, and an open mouth showing teeth. Cowrie shells are attached to the upper edge, and a thick fringe of dark feathers and fibers surrounds the lower face.
Mask (gle)
Dan Artist
undated
Wooden mask of abstracted crow, with open beak, horns, ears, and protruding, round eyes. It is rendered in red, white, and black pigments.
Mask (suaga due)
Mambila Artist
undated
Mask with exaggerated features, attached teeth, horns, feathers, fur, and pigments.
Face Mask (gela)
Ivorian Artist
undated

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