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Headdress with Elongated Animal

Kom Peoples

New Orleans Museum of Art
New Orleans, United States

Domed hat with crescent-shaped zoomorphic form slumped over top of cap; eyes and nose delineated with white kaolin. Brown, woven, textile surface.

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Title: Headdress with Elongated Animal
Creator: Kom Peoples
Location Created: Cameroon: Village of Oku
Physical Dimensions: 10 x 9 1/4 x 14 1/4 in (25.4 x 23.495 x 36.195 cm)
Medium: Caning, jute, human hair, wood, cotton fiber, kaolin
Credit Line: Gift of William A. Fagaly in honor of Mickey Easterling
Accession Number: 2008.239.9

New Orleans Museum of Art

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