Senufo helmet headdress

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Collection

African Art Collection

Description

This Senufo metal helmet-style headdress was made as a simple cap for a dancer with side holes for attaching raffia. It has a pair of horns flanking a figure of a fertility goddess.

Student Work

No

Culture

Senufo

Geography

Cote d'Ivoire

Medium

metal

Classification

Headdress

Accession Number

1997 .01.029

Donation Date