beaded headband, unrecorded Chokwe artist

Artwork Overview

beaded headband, late 1800s–1908
Where object was made: Angola
Material/technique: beading; string
Dimensions:
Object Length/Width (Length x Width): 41 x 4.5 cm
Object Length/Width (Length x Width): 1 3/4 x 16 1/8 in
Credit line: Gift of Claude D. Brown
Accession number: 2007.3357
Not on display

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Exhibition Label:
"Chokwe Art from the Claude D. Brown Collection," Feb-2000
Beaded headbands were status dress worn by both men and women.

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